Where Will the Market be One Year from Now?

Ross Givens
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April 2, 2026 | 2 min read
Where Will the Market be One Year from Now?

As we run into choppy waters, let’s look at an interesting chart on where the market could be a year from now.

Chart of the Day

Source: FactSet

This is the S&P 500’s price target based on the aggregate one-year target prices of all 500 companies in the index.

In other words, if all 500 companies in the index hit their median target prices one year from now, the S&P 500 would be over 9% higher at 6,288.

This might seem optimistic. But the truth is, using this method of calculation has actually underestimated the index’s performance in the past.

If you had done this calculation on September 30, 2023 then the S&P 500 was only “supposed” to be at 5,146 on Sep 30, 2024.

Instead, the index closed at 5,761 – about 12% higher.

I like this bottom-up analysis better because you’re getting the combined result of 500 different analyses instead of just a single overarching one.

And yet, it still tends to underestimate the strength of the bull market.

This confirms what the market is already telling me – to keep playing the bull market.

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The underestimation of the bull market’s strength is a prime source of opportunities.

Even the Wall Street pros do it.

It’s just human nature – we feel the pain of loss more keenly than the joy of gains.

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Especially when you factor in the doom-and-gloom the clickbait media loves pumping out.

Then, when these same people see the market recovering from the dips, they buy back in again – sending the market even higher.

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Ross Givens is a veteran trader with over 15 years of experience and a former VP at a major Wall Street investment bank. Specializing in small-cap stocks and momentum-driven plays, Ross identifies high-probability setups before they hit the mainstream. As Lead Strategist at Traders Agency, he has guided hundreds of successful trades and developed multiple flagship publications.

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