the stock market’s rally late last year made sense and there is reason to believe prices can keep going higher given the outlook for earnings citigroup says strategists at the bank say the sp 500 can rise to 5100 by the end of the year compared with their prior call of 4900—a prediction that represents a gain of more than 6 from the index’s recent level the more upbeat view was “triggered by an index rally over the final two months of 2021” wrote scott chronert global head of etf research at citigroup