A not-so-funny thing happened to the big rally last week that's kept Wall Street enthralled since April. The rally stalled. It wasn't supposed to stall. The conventional wisdom is that stocks should rise nicely in November and December so that the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ends 2025 at 7,000 or higher. That, helped along by lower taxes and less regulation, has been the Wall Street game plan since Donald Trump's 2024 win over Joe Biden. The S&P 500, however, closed Friday at 6,658.94, up slightly on th ...