The S&P 500 has gained an average of 1.3% in the last five trading days of December and the first two days of January since 1969, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. A December without a Santa ...

"Yesterday was a historic Fed day," said Cipolloni of the U.S. central bank's announcement that it may only cut interest rates twice in 2025. That moved 10-year Treasury yields "up about 10 basis ...

[US/] "The stock market is going to take all of its cues from the bond market moving forward," said George Cipolloni, portfolio manager at Penn Mutual Asset Management. "I'm going to stare at the ...