Short-term "SP 500 stock price forecast" models are incorporating stronger-than-expected retail sales data, potentially pushing the index to retest all-time highs. The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Intuitive Surgical wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is coming off back-to-back annual returns of more than 25% in 2023 and 2024. Investors have only seen such a strong two-year run on one other occasion since the index was established in 1957, and that was in 1997 and 1998, during the dot-com bubble. Recent trading sessions show the "SP 500 stock price forecast" leaning towards a gradual climb, with macro tailwinds such as stable treasury yields and robust corporate buyback announcements expected to fuel sentiment.
