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Many on Wall Street still expect the S&P 500 to soar in 2025
The following chart shows the year-end S&P 500 target prices set by analysts at 17 Wall Street investment banks and research institutions. It also gives the implied upside and downside versus the current level of 5,633. The chart is by no means comprehensive, but it does indicate that many analysts expect the U.S. stock market to rebound in the remaining months of the year.
Wall Street Firm
S&P 500 Target
Implied Upside (Downside)
Oppenheimer
7,100
26%
Wells Fargo
7.007
24%
Deutsche Bank
7,000
24%
Evercore
6,800
21%
BMO Capital
6,700
19%
HSBC
6,700
19%
Bank of America
6,666
18%
Fundstrat
6,600
17%
Citigroup
6,500
15%
JPMorgan
6,500
15%
Morgan Stanley
6,500
15%
UBS
6,400
14%
RBC Capital
6,200
10%
Yardeni Research
6,100
8%
Barclays
5,900
5%
Goldman Sachs
5,700
1%
Stifel
5,500
(2%)
Median
6,500
15%
Data source: Yahoo! Finance.
The Dollar Is Tanking. Why That’s a Bad Omen for the U.S. Economy.
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Photo: Josephine ChuU.S. markets slid Thursday in their steepest decline in more than two years, as investors grappled with the threat that President Trump’s new tariff plan will trigger global retaliation and hurt the economy.Major stock indexes dropped as much as 6%. Stocks have lost roughly $2.7 trillion in market value Thursday, on track for their largest decline since March 2020.The Dow industrials dropped about 1600 points, or 3.9%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which powered the market higher for years, was down 6%, led by big declines in Nvidia, Apple and Amazon.com. If the S&P and Nasdaq close at current levels, it will be the biggest percentage declines since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.The dollar slipped to its lowest level of the year, a sign of unease over the growth outlook and fears that the flow of international funds into the country will be sharply curtailed. Inflation expectatio