As long as they are declining, that is bullish for the stock market. Market breadth is the only indicator that is not aboard the bullish bandwagon. Even so, the “stocks only” breadth oscillator’s sell signal has been canceled out.

The benchmark S&P 500 hit its latest record, setting up Wall Street to ride into the Christmas holiday on a high note.

The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq are all within touching distance of record highs, having surged through 2025, with U.S. president Donald Trump predicing a 2026 “boom.” However, as traders brace for the "biggest merger in history, the $3 trillion bitcoin and crypto market could be flashing a warning sign to stocks.

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Wall Street analysts expect another strong year in stocks in 2026, propelled by continued AI sector gains and additional Fed interest-rate cuts.

The Federal Reserve is abnormally divided over interest rates due to economic uncertainty surrounding President Trump's tariffs.

As the year draws to a close, stock market analysts and pundits are making their predictions for 2026. But how good are these stock market predictions? Well, let’s look at some projections FactSet gave last year about 2025.

When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in September 2025 that stock valuations were “on the high side,” there is no question that it raised a good number of eyebrows. The same can be said when he indicated that investors should be prepared for lower returns ahead.