Barclays just made a surprising call on the S&P 500

Barclays raised its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 7,650 on March 24. That is up from its previous target of 7,400. It implies roughly 16% upside from where the index closed the prior session at 6,581. The call came against a difficult backdrop. The S&P 500 has fallen about 4.3% since the ...