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The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
Nick Colas, co-founder at DataTrek Research, noted last week that earnings for the S&P 500 fall by an average of 31% over six quarters during a recession, with a recovery back to pre-recession ...
In a note on Thursday, Belski raised his S&P 500 price target for 2024 to 6,100, representing potential upside of 7% over the next three months. Belski's prior 2024 price target for the S&P 500 ...
The S&P 500 and the Dow achieved a four-month win streak in August amid renewed hopes for a soft landing. Investors anticipate a Fed rate cut next month after PCE inflation data met expectations.
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices.It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on the American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average).
In March 1957 the index was expanded to its current 500-stock structure and renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. Subsequently, closing beyond 50 for the first time in September 1958, the continued post-World War II boom in the United States would see the index nearly double to a closing price of 94.06 on February 9, 1966.
Wilson sees a bull case sending the S&P 500 to 6,350, driven by stronger-than-anticipated earnings growth, among other drivers. In his bear case of 4,200, the US economy would slip into recession.
Goldman Sachs raised its S&P 500 year-end price target to 6,000, implying a 5% gain. The increase follows the previous price target raises from 4,700 to 5,200 and then to 5,600.