Name: Economist Reveals 10,000 S&P 500 Target As $80 Trillion Wealth Tsunami Hits | Ed Yardeni
Uploaded: 2025-12-30T19:36:35+00:00
Duration: 2346 s

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Ed Yardeni — President, Yardeni Research

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Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research, joins David Lin to discuss his 2026 outlook and longer-term market view. He sees the S&P 500 reaching 7,700 in 2026 and 10,000 by 2029, supported by economic resilience, productivity, record profit margins, and baby-boomer wealth. He also discusses Fed policy, Treasury yields, the dollar, and sector positioning, favoring financials, industrials, healthcare, and biotech while market-weighting tech and communication services.

Yardeni forecasts S&P 500 at 7,700 in 2026 and 10,000 by 2029.
He expects no recession through the decade, citing productivity, resilient consumers, and record profit margins.
He sees 10-year Treasury yields at 4.25%-4.75% next year and warns of bond-vigilante pressure.
He is not bearish on the dollar and is negative on euro-area fundamentals.
Sector views: overweight financials, industrials, healthcare, and biotech; market-weight tech and communication services.
Fed easing/liquidity is expected to support stocks and precious metals.
Labor-market weakness is a risk, but he expects real wages and productivity to offset it.

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Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 0:00

S&P 500 reaches 10,000 by 2029

Yardeni expects the S&P 500 to reach 10,000 by the end of 2029, driven by earnings growth and a stable forward P/E near 22x. The scenario assumes no recession through the decade, supported by a resilient US economy, productivity gains, record profit margins, and baby-boomer wealth supporting consumption.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 0:08

Treasuries face elevated yields

Yardeni expects the 2-year Treasury yield near 3.5% and the 10-year yield at 4.25%-4.75% next year, which he views as normal. He also warns the 10-year yield could rise due to fiscal stimulus, deficits, and bond-vigilante pressure, making longer Treasuries less attractive.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 0:08

Treasuries face elevated yields

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 31:45

Fed liquidity lifts gold and metals

Yardeni argues that lower interest rates and Fed liquidity, including T-bill purchases that resemble QE, will help drive gold and precious metals prices higher. Even if rate cuts do not fix labor-market structural problems, they add liquidity to markets.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 32:00

Dollar not bearish; US assets favored

Yardeni is not bearish on the US dollar despite widespread bearish sentiment. He argues US capital markets are the best, deepest, and safest in the world, while the DXY is overly euro-weighted and the European project has problems.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 36:53

Market-weight tech and communication services

Yardeni has moved information technology and communication services from overweight to market weight because they collectively are about 45% of S&P 500 market cap and overweighting them creates too much concentration. He still sees them as productivity enablers for the rest of the market, but no longer favors an overweight.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 36:57

Overweight financials, industrials, regional banks

Yardeni continues to recommend overweighting financials and industrials, and says he may add more exposure to midcap industrials and regional banks for smaller-cap exposure. He wants broader market participation beyond the two mega-cap sectors that dominate the S&P 500.

Ed Yardeni President, Yardeni Research 37:15

Overweight healthcare; biotech leads higher

Yardeni added healthcare as an overweight after previously being underweight, citing favorable demographics and expecting biotech to lead the sector higher. He expects the industry to stabilize and remain profitable after Trump works through drug-pricing politics.

Economist Reveals 10,000 S&P 500 Target As $80 Trillion Wealth Tsunami Hits | Ed Yardeni

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