UBS Sees S&P 500 At 8,100 but Prediction Markets Doubt It - State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA:SPY

UBS Global Wealth Management, part of UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS), expects the S&P 500 as measured by the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NASDAQ:SPY) to finish 2026 at 8,100, roughly 6% above Thursday’s close of 7,641.

Prediction market traders agree the index will likely cross 8,000. They are far less confident it can stay there.

Polymarket prices an 84% chance the index touches 8,000 before year-end, but only a 36% chance it finishes above that level.

The gap captures the question hanging over this rally: can AI-driven earnings outrun war-related inflation and rising long-term borrowing costs?

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