As for the coming holiday-shortened week, it tends to be a good one for stock investors. The S&P 500 has risen between Christmas and New Year’s Eve on 73% of occasions in its 94-year history, with a median return of 0.7%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That could cut the S&P 500’s 2022 loss, currently at 19.3%. There’s another historical trend in investors’...
Shares of CenterPoint Energy Inc. CNP, +0.33% inched 0.33% higher to $30.45 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.41% falling 0.73% to 3,934.38 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.71% falling 0.90% to 33,476.46. The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak. CenterPoint...