Wall St week ahead: Investors bullish on stocks

Still, investors see several parts of the market, including financials, leisure and hospitality stocks and energy with potential to rally.

NEW YORK: US stocks closed 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the longest bull market and the shortest-lived bear market ever.

Risks abound, including a resurgent coronavirus pandemic, concerns about the speed of rollout of vaccines and high-stakes Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia for the balance of power in Congress. Still, many investors are looking past these threats.