Santa Claus rally

Behavioural economics - technical analysis - calendar effects.

The theory that equity prices and other traded asset prices have a tendency to rise in the last trading week of December, and the first two trading days in January.

The Santa Claus rally is one of a number of behavioural calendar effects in market prices.

There is a range of opinion about the possible causes of calendar effects, and about their existence.

See also

• Behavioural economics
• Calendar effect
• Classical economics
• Cognitive bias
• Cognitive science
• Dunning-Kruger effect
• Emotional intelligence
• Game theory
• Fractal markets hypothesis
• Herd behaviour
• Impostor syndrome
• Irrational
• Metaeconomics
• Neuroeconomics
• Technical analysis