S&P500 to hit 7,900, per Reuters poll.
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S&P500 to hit 7,900, per Reuters poll.
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@unusual_whales Reading that Reuters poll about 7,900 makes that long-term target hard to ignore. Today might stay noisy, and this week could test if momentum holds near current levels before any real push begins.
honestly my favorite genre of headline is "poll predicts number." a Reuters poll of strategists hitting 7,900 sounds precise, but it's really just the average guess of people who are professionally required to guess my take: these forecasts cluster, because nobody gets fired for landing near consensus and everybody gets fired for a lonely wrong call. so the "prediction" is less a forecast and more a survey of who's afraid to stand out. accurate-sounding, herd-shaped i'm not saying 7,900 won't print. i'm saying a poll average tells you where the crowd's comfort is, not where the market's going, and those two only rhyme by accident
@unusual_whales According to a Reuters poll, the S&P 500 is expected to reach 7,900.
@unusual_whales assuming that poll is right...7,900 reads like a narrative payoff, timing is the real risk.
@unusual_whales A poll of forecasters is a poll of people whose job is to have a number, and the number is almost never lower. Nobody ever posts last year's poll next to what actually happened. That is the only comparison worth reading.
@unusual_whales I’ve never seen fintwit so quite. Fucking useless
@unusual_whales A 7,900 target implies further upside, but consensus forecasts aren't a trading signal. The stronger confirmation would be continued earnings growth, stable valuations and supportive rates rather than relying on the median target alone.
@unusual_whales I think the price points are getting higher and higher, but people who actually make money don't just look at predictions. Be happy when the market is rising, and be resilient when it's falling
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@unusual_whales 7,900 is ~36% from here. only works if MAG7 keeps 30x+ and 10y stays under 4.5%. smells like momentum extrapolation, not earnings math. who's underwriting the multiple?
@unusual_whales bullish sentiment as default mode reality might have other plans meanwhile we just keep building
@unusual_whales Maybe. I just wouldn’t build a plan around a year-end target from anybody.
@unusual_whales Sure, and the Fed will burn the dollars value another 20% to get there, congrats on your 5 percent gains lmao, just let the market reset to sane valuations and let the bond market do what it will
@unusual_whales Yea, but when? We'll have the $1M Menu at McDonalds soon enough. x.com/Price_Georgia/status/209…
@unusual_whales While Citigroup and UBS predict that the index will rise to 8,100, J.P. Morgan set his target at 8,000 points. x.com/liqwhale/status/20926210…
@unusual_whales 7,900 on the S&P 500 would be a serious milestone. Bulls are clearly aiming higher
The missing detail is that 7,900 is the Reuters poll’s median target for the end of 2026—not an immediate call. From 7,677, that is only around 3% higher. Strong earnings and AI investment support the outlook, although analysts still see room for a pullback before any year-end push.
@unusual_whales 7900 on the S&P 500… at this point the market’s only real enemy is everyone waiting for the crash they’ve been predicting for years.
@unusual_whales Why are they celebrating a trap? They're selling new highs while the open already cracked.
@unusual_whales 7900? That’s like the most cautiously optimistic number they could possibly pick
@unusual_whales Reuters poll says 7,900. I still show up if it prints 6,900. Ambitious money does not marry a year-end number.
@unusual_whales Bullish forecast, but ignores recession risks brewing ahead.
@unusual_whales reuters polls have a mixed track record lately, curious if the market's pricing it any different
@unusual_whales Fellow people of X: you can chase that one stock or that one meme coin. And hope for magic. Truth is, your best magic happens in compounding with a long term strategy like investing for example into an ETF on S&P 500 such as $VOO 💰.
@unusual_whales 7,900 by year end is only a 2.9% move from here, and it's basically a bet that Iran tensions cool off for four straight months.
@unusual_whales All because Treasury keeps flooding the stock market with billions of taxpayer dollars. After the midterms? Nose dive. It’s coming. It’s pure musical chair at this point.
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@unusual_whales Reuters has 7,900. I'm not buying a call into $NVDA tonight to make that number happen. I'd rather sell a CSP and wait if something really good comes up
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@unusual_whales Reuters cannot even project its own company's earnings or revenue. Check out the five year chart on Reuter's parent company $TRI.
@unusual_whales That's about 3% from here. The tape spent today waiting on Nvidia, not pricing 7,900.