Over the past 30 years, December has produced higher returns on the stock market than other months, but experts don’t know why GETTY IMAGESYou might not think that Santa Claus and the stock market have much in common, but investment experts would beg to differ. They argue that the run-up to Christmas and new year is the time when UK shares regularly produce their strongest returns. Just as young children look forward eagerly every December to the arrival of a man in a red coat delivering gifts, so investors await the start of the traditional Santa rally. Is this rally a mere stock market myth, or does it have some substance? What is the Santa rally?

Source: The Times December 09, 2017 00:00 UTC