# Ed Yardeni's price predictions

Updated Sep 29, 2026 · Web page: https://predictionverifier.com/people/ed-yardeni/

As of September 29, 2026, we track 9 price predictions Ed Yardeni made between 2020 and 2026. Six came true, one did not and two are open. They were about S&P 500 and Gold. All had deadlines at the end of a calendar year.

**Ed Yardeni** · President and Chief Investment Strategist, Yardeni Research
Links: [Website](https://yardeni.com/about)

Ed Yardeni is president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research, an independent investment research firm he founded in 2007. Before that he was chief investment strategist at Prudential Equity Group, Deutsche Bank and C.J. Lawrence, and earlier chief economist at EF Hutton and Prudential Securities. He holds a PhD in economics from Yale University and wrote the book Predicting the Markets (2018).

Gives targets for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and for the price of gold, in his firm's research and in television interviews that news outlets report. The deadlines are mostly the end of the current or the next calendar year, with longer targets for the end of the decade; most of the targets are for prices to rise, and he revises them during the year.

Hit 6 · Missed 1 · Open 2

## Notable calls

The open, came-true and missed call with the largest move from the price when said. A selection, not a rating.

**Boldest open call**

- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 to 10,000 by Dec 31, 2029](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-10k-by-2029/) · Open · 7,399 → 10,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2029 · #38eac
  “Nevertheless, for now, we are sticking with our 10,000 target for the S&P 500 by the end of 2029”

**Boldest call that came true**

- [Ed Yardeni: Gold to $5,000 by Dec 31, 2026](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-gold-5k-by-2026/) · Hit · $3,886 → $5,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2026 · #6976a
  “We are now aiming for $5,000 in 2026”

**Boldest call that didn't come true**

- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 to 7,000 by Dec 31, 2025](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-7000-by-2025/) · Missed · 6,729 → 7,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2025 · #f0d42
  “Yardeni argues that corporate earnings have been prolific enough to keep the market afloat, and he predicts that the S&P 500 is about to rally once again, crossing 7,000 by the end of the year.”

## All predictions

- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 at or above 8,250 on Dec 31, 2026](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-8250-by-2026/) · Open · 7,580 → 8,250 · Deadline Dec 31, 2026 · #3571d
  “In a new CNBC interview, veteran strategist Ed Yardeni says he is raising his year-end target for the stock market index to 8,250.”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 to 10,000 by Dec 31, 2029](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-10k-by-2029/) · Open · 7,399 → 10,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2029 · #38eac
  “Nevertheless, for now, we are sticking with our 10,000 target for the S&P 500 by the end of 2029”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 to 7,000 by Dec 31, 2025](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-7000-by-2025/) · Missed · 6,729 → 7,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2025 · #f0d42
  “Yardeni argues that corporate earnings have been prolific enough to keep the market afloat, and he predicts that the S&P 500 is about to rally once again, crossing 7,000 by the end of the year.”
- [Ed Yardeni: Gold to $5,000 by Dec 31, 2026](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-gold-5k-by-2026/) · Hit · $3,886 → $5,000 · Deadline Dec 31, 2026 · #6976a
  “We are now aiming for $5,000 in 2026”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 at or above 6,500 on Dec 31, 2025](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-6500-by-2025/) · Hit · 5,844 → 6,500 · Deadline Dec 31, 2025 · #30b4c
  “The president of Yardeni Research raised his year-end target for the S & P 500 back up to 6,500 from 6,000.”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 at or above 5,800 on Dec 31, 2024](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-5800-by-2024/) · Hit · 5,577 → 5,800 · Deadline Dec 31, 2024 · #ee7fe
  “Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research late Wednesday hiked his year-end target for the S & P 500 to 5,800 from 5,400.”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 at or above 4,600 on Dec 31, 2023](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-4600-by-2023/) · Hit · 3,971 → 4,600 · Deadline Dec 31, 2023 · #9bb7e
  “The president of Yardeni Research set his S & P 500 year-end target at 4,600, which would translate into a roughly 20% gain for the year and a 14% rally from Wednesday's close of 4,027.81.”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 to 3,500 by Dec 31, 2020](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-3500-by-2020/) · Hit · 3,334 → 3,500 · Deadline Dec 31, 2020 · #50bf2
  “The head of Yardeni Research said he now sees the S & P 500 heading to 3,500 by the end of 2020, a sizeable jump from his previous estimate of 2,900 and a 5% increase from Tuesday's close.”
- [Ed Yardeni: S&P 500 at or above 3,800 on Dec 31, 2021](https://predictionverifier.com/predictions/ed-yardeni-sp500-3800-by-2021/) · Hit · 3,334 → 3,800 · Deadline Dec 31, 2021 · #232a8
  “He also put the 2021 target at 3,800, an implied increase of 8.6% from the designated 2020 number.”