Essential for stock market investment! Look ahead at the major events in December, all the days that affect the ups and downs are marked out.
In the US stock market, December is usually one of the best-performing months of the year, with most of the gains often occurring in the second half of December. This is largely due to a seasonal magical phenomenon known as the "Santa Claus Rally" by Wall Street.
US stocks closed | The three major indices rose together, the Dow and S&P continued to hit historical highs; most large technology stocks rose, nvidia rose more than 2%, Tesla soared more than 38% in the month, the best performance in nearly two years
US stocks posted weekly gains of over 1%, with the Dow rising by 7.5% in November and the S&P up 5.7%, both achieving the best performance of the year. The Nasdaq accumulated an increase of over 6%, small-cap indices rose by nearly 11%, the chip index rose by 1.5% on Friday but declined monthly, and Tesla saw a monthly increase of over 38%, its best performance in nearly two years.
US stock market morning session | S&P 500 index hits another all-time high! Semiconductor sector surges! ASML Holding, Applied Materials both rise more than 3%; appointing Trump's eldest son as advisor, drone concept stock UMAC soars 40%
Growth tech stocks are strong, with Tesla up nearly 2%, nvidia up 1.4%, AMD up 0.76%; uranium mining stocks collectively rise, UUUU up over 8%.
usa stocks fund crazy attracting 12.78 billion US dollars, continuously receiving inflow for the fourth week.
In the week ending November 27, investors in the usa invested a large amount of money into stocks funds, thanks to the appointment of new officials in Trump's administration and the decline in usa treasury yields, which alleviated concerns about the outlook for growth stocks.
After December, will the Federal Reserve change its interest rate cut pace?
Wall Street economists generally believe that the rapid pace of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve will not continue into 2025, and may instead become a rate cut at every other meeting.
US stock market preview | Technology giant microsoft, google facing 'trouble'? US FTC takes action against antitrust! Cryptocurrency concept stocks rise before the market! MSTR up more than 4%
There is hope that the USA will relax chip control, leading to pre-market gains for chip equipment stocks such as asml holding; UMAC, a small cap drone stock in the USA, rose 32% before the market, appointing Trump's son as an advisor.