Key changes from May’s report: Upgrade Value from Neutral to Positive, Downgrade Growth to Negative from Neutral. Upgrade Industrials from Neutral to Positive, Downgrade Technology to Neutral from Positive § Upgrade Developed International from Negative to Neutral,...
Key changes from April’s report: Upgrade view of small caps from neutral to positive and downgrade view of large caps from neutral to negative. Upgrade view of real estate from negative to neutral, and downgrade healthcare view from neutral to negative. First quarter...
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 rose sharply in November after falling the prior two months, as the S&P 500 Index returned nearly 11%. Progress on COVID-19 vaccines and post-election policy clarity buoyed investor sentiment, offsetting surging COVID-19 cases in the United States and many...
