From Marketwatch:
Teasing consumers to start Christmas shopping in August? Come on — whatever happened to the days when retailers waited until after Thanksgiving?
For investors, though, it’s definitely not too early to think about Christmas. Indeed, now is a good time to go shopping for the coming Santa Claus rally in December.
“We are set up to see stocks rally in the fourth quarter,” says William Delwiche, an investment strategist and technical analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., a brokerage.