Our year-end S&P 500 Index fair value target range remains 4,050–4,100, based on a price-to-earnings (PE) multiple of 21 and our 2022 S&P 500 earnings forecast of $195 per share. Recall that we raised our S&P 500 fair value target last month due to our...
We have raised our year-end S&P 500 Index fair value target range to 4,050–4,100 from 3,850–3,900 due to our increasingly optimistic expectations for US economic growth and corporate profits. Prospects for additional fiscal stimulus, recent progress in reducing...
We see an S&P 500 Index fair value target range of 3,850–3,900 at year-end 2021 with potential for upside if there’s better-than-expected progress on vaccine distribution. A strong earnings rebound may enable stocks to grow into somewhat elevated valuations. Our...
Stocks fell for the second straight month in October as Election Day approached and brought policy uncertainty that historically has driven volatility. While the election dominated the headlines, rising COVID-19 cases in Europe and the United States and the stimulus...
Stocks pulled back in September as COVID-19 cases rose, causing the economic recovery to begin to lose some momentum. Policymakers in Washington, DC, struggled to reach an agreement on a stimlus package, and markets got a bit jittery as Election Day approached. The...
Stocks continued their positive momentum with strong gains in August, sending the S&P 500 Index to new record highs before volatility returned in early September. The economic recovery remained on track even as the threat of COVID-19 lingers, while massive...
