The Dow Jones index fell Monday. Warner Bros Discovery takeover drama continued on the stock market today. Nvidia rose on China H200 hopes.

Wall Street forecasters expect the stock market to grind higher in 2026 as earnings grow, the Fed cuts rates, and the US avoids a recession.

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Talk about downgrades, Morgan Stanley appears to be on a spree. First, it downgraded Rivian from Equal Weight to Underweight, maintaining the same $12 price target, and stated that it is “leaning more cautious” on EVs in 2026. Rivian’s stock was down 1.9% on Monday.

Wall Street’s sentiment toward companies associated with artificial intelligence is shifting, and it’s all about two companies: OpenAI is down, and Alphabet Inc. is up.

Wall Street predicts an average year for the stock market in 2026, as usual. Among the 13 firms that have published year-ahead forecasts so far, the average estimate for the index is 7,596, which represents about a 10.5 percent gain from current levels.

The Sensex dropped more than 600 points in early deals, slipping below the 85,000 level, while the Nifty broke under 25,800 as weakness spread across banking, IT and metal counters., Markets, Times No

With the above being said, three catalysts stand out as viable sparks to kick-start a stock market crash in 2026. Arguably, the elephant in the room for 2026 is the historical priciness of the stock market.

Those numbers pushed stocks higher because, at this point, any new signs of deterioration in the labor market raises the odds for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve. As of Wednesday, traders assigned an 89 percent likelihood for a 25-basis-point cut on December 10, according to CME data.

Gift Nifty was trading near the 25,958 mark, showing a discount of about 82 points, or 0.3%, to the previous close of Nifty futures, signalling a weak start for Indian equity indices.