Stocks Bull Run Set to Mark Historic 2026 Streak

US stock market optimism is unbounded with the latest Markets Pulse survey predicting another advance following three years of double-digit gains, a feat last accomplished at the end of the previous century.

The S&P 500 Index will climb as much as 20% this year, according to 60% of the 590 respondents to a poll conducted in the last three weeks of December. Less than a third of participants expected losses for the stocks benchmark while only a 10th saw more than 20% gains for the index.