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The S&P 500 in 2025: a five-figure fantasy?

While our bullish year-end forecast of 7,000 for the S&P 500 assumes the index’s absolute valuation will approach its dotcom-era peak, that forecast is comparatively conservative based on relative valuation. If the equity risk premium reached its level in 2000, the index could soar much higher than we envisage.

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