My Top 5 Stock Market Predictions for 2026
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The S&P 500 has just logged its third straight year of double-digit gains.
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AI-linked shares have been a major tailwind for the benchmark, as enthusiasm around the technology stayed hot.
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That showed up in 2025 moves: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) rose about 40% and Palantir Technologies about 140%, while CoreWeave surged more than 300% from its March initial public offering through June—despite dipping afterward, it still put up a significant annual gain.
It’s the annual reset button: 2025 is done, 2026 is here, and the market is already forcing the same two questions back onto everyone’s screen. Can the S&P 500 keep climbing after three consecutive double-digit years—and if it does, who does the heavy lifting?
Nobody gets to answer that…
