Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.

After two years of economic and stock market forecasts proving too conservative, the stock market is selling off as analysts rerate their overly optimistic stance headed into 2025.

You know something interesting is happening in markets when the bears on Wall Street suddenly start telling their clients that stocks are looking like a buy.