Several Wall Street investment banks and research organizations have recently lifted their year-end targets for the S&P 500. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs upwardly revised their outlooks in July, following Barclay, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank, all of which raised their outlooks in June.

Stock market today opens flat as investors assess Trump’s new tariffs, global market reaction, and upcoming Fed meeting minutes.

Markets had dismissed tariff risks under the assumption that Trump would follow an earlier pattern and back off, in what became known as the so-called TACO trade. That allowed stocks to reach new record-high territory recently, marking a stunning rebound from the collapse triggered by his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in April.