CFRA Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall said he believes the stock market will overcome its recent hiccup and resume an upward march next year. In 2026, Stovall said, the S & P 500 can echo this year's advance by rallying to 7,400 by year-end, or approximately 10% higher than where the benchmark closed Monday. That would amount to about a third less than this year's gain so far, but still mark a fourth straight year of double-digit performance. Buoyed by record gains in artificial intelligence, all three major averages are on pace to notch gains of at least 10% this year, with the S & P 500 up 15% as of Tuesday mid-afternoon. Stovall's 2025 year-end target of 7,000 for the benchmark corresponds to a 4% gain between now and the end of December. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 YTD chart "Mu

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