The first full trading week of the new year could β shake the U.S. stock market out of its winter holiday slumber as the monthly jobs data headlines a busy start to 2026 for investors.
Stocks slid in the final session of 2025, βwith the benchmark S&P 500 falling into a monthly loss βfor December. But the index still climbed more than 16% in 2025, its third straight year of double-digit percentage gains, while the Cboe Volatility Index was last just above its lows for the year.
Trading volumes were thin at the βend of 2025, but the new year could get off to an eventful start.
Aside βfrom economic data, inve
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