S&P 500 2026 Outlook: The End Of The Innocence, Best To Keep It Simple
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Sungarden Investment PublishingInvesting Group LeaderFollow5ShareSavePlay(18min)Comment(1)Summary2025 was a year in which many market risks were acknowledged, but it did not stop the AI train. However, the average stock did much worse.Concentration, complacency, valuation, and now the bond market are key risks in 2026.The best-case scenario is more of the same: AI love affair, speculation rules, and the "passive flow" continues to lift the Nasdaq 100 and, in turn, the S&P 500.My 3 keys to 2026: manage risk, keep it simple, and stay flexible. Viktoriya Telminova/iStock via Getty Images The title of my 2026 investing preview is based on a 37-year-old hit song by the Eagles' Don Henley, with Bruce Hornsby on piano. Why that song? 1. The investment climate entered 2025 with a host of risks. It enters 2026 withThis article was written bySungarden Investment Publishing10.15K FollowersFollowI'm Rob Isbitts, founder of Sungarden Investment Publishing. I run the new investing group Sungarden Investors Club, a community dedicated to navigating the modern investment climate with humility, discipline, and a non-traditional approach to income investing. I've been charting investments since the 1980s, and I spent decades an an investment advisor and fund manager before semi-retiring in 2020. Now, this investing group is my focus. The markets tells us a story…we just have to listen! I teach subscribers how to do that.Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of SPY either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. I regularly own and trade SPY, QQQ, DIA through ETFs, including inverses and leveraged, and put and call options.Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.