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The S&P 500 has more than doubled from its March 23, 2020 nadir.

The S&P 500 is unlikely to repeat these kinds of returns next year, based on the projections of a number of pundits.

Market participants pricing in at least one interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve, and an initial boost from the reopening, and monetary and fiscal stimulus fading, the easy gains for this cycle are likely in the past.

And at least one strategist thinks stocks are set to decline at least modestly next year from current levels.

​​​​1. Price Boom
Prediction: CPI tops 4% on average all year

2. Baby Boom
Prediction: Record births in the U.S.

​​3. Japan Boom
Prediction: Nikkei 225 tops the S&P 500

4. EV Boom
Prediction: Electric vehicle sales top 10% of the car market

​5. Heavy Metal Boom
​Prediction: Copper and palladium look like gold

1. Inflation, A Very Real Presence
2. Commodities: How High Can They Go?
3. Tapering And Interest Rates
4. Geopolitics: A Silent War
5. COVID-19

1. Stocks don’t go up forever
2. Housing will stay hot
3. It’s time for change eg. Kohl
4. Time for another look eg. Coinbase and Meme
5. Microsoft and Apple will end the year above $3 trillion market caps

1. The Global Monetary Tightening Cycle
2. Covid: Year 3 And Counting...
3. China’s Trifecta: Omicron, Evergrande and Taiwan
4. Europe’s Energy Crisis
5. Can OPEC and the U.S. Keep Pace with Oil Demand?
6. Crypto’s Watershed Year