Strategists’ Forecasts for Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2011

The table presents estimates from strategists at brokerages for where the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will finish 2011 and how much profit companies in the benchmark measure of U.S. stocks will generate.

Firm                 Strategist           2011 Close   2011 EPS
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Bank of America      Savita Subramanian                 $98.25
Bank of Montreal*    Ben Joyce              1,215       $97.00
Barclays             Barry Knapp            1,260       $96.00
Citigroup**          Tobias Levkovich       1,325       $97.00
Credit Suisse        Andrew Garthwaite      1,270
Deutsche Bank        Binky Chadha           1,425       $99.00
Goldman Sachs        David Kostin           1,200       $96.00
HSBC                 Garry Evans            1,130
JPMorgan             Thomas Lee             1,475       $97.75
Morgan Stanley       Adam Parker            1,238       $96.20
Oppenheimer          Brian Belski           1,325       $96.00
RBC                  Myles Zyblock                      $96.00
UBS***               Jonathan Golub         1,350       $96.64
Wells Fargo          Gina Martin Adams      1,250       $93.50
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Mean                                        1,289       $96.61
Median                                      1,265       $96.42
High                                        1,475       $99.00
Low                                         1,130       $93.50

     * BMO’s rolling 12-month projection is 1,300.
     ** Citigroup’s estimate for S&P 500 profit is from Steven
Wieting.
     *** UBS’ estimate for S&P 500 profit is from Thomas
Doerflinger.

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