'Due for a full-blown correction': Why one CIO expects a 15% stock-market pullback early in 2025 — and how to prepare

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• Don't expect the market to continue skyrocketing in 2025, according to David Laut.
• Periods of high consumer sentiment have often been followed by market pullbacks historically.
• Prepare for pullbacks by keeping your cash in a short-term bond fund, Laut said.

As the year draws to a close, investors typically anticipate the so-called Santa Claus rally — a phenomenon where stocks get a boost in the final days of December and the beginning of January.