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Hitmarkets

The S&P 500 sets a new record high, closing above its May 2015 record close of 2,130.82.

A scored prediction by Tom Lee, made on .

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Scored prediction

Hitmarkets

We're in a much better position to sustain new highs.

The S&P 500 sets a new record high, closing above its May 2015 record close of 2,130.82.

Made on
2016-04-22
Outcome
Hit
Importance
3 / 5
Effect on score
+2.86

What counted as right

Status
resolved
Settled on
2016-07-11

The S&P 500 closes above its prior record close of 2,130.82 on at least one trading day on or before 2019-04-22. Any daily close above that level counts; no timing-miss penalty, since Avow imposed the horizon.

Criterion satisfied on 2016-07-11 (close 2,137.16 > 2,130.82), well inside the 2019-04-22 horizon; the criterion's 'any daily close above that level counts, no timing-miss penalty' language is not even load-bearing here given the margin. resolved_on is the date the criterion was first met. No outcome value assigned. Evidence from index data and two independent secondary sources all agree; no conflict, nothing requiring human review.

Sources

  • 3 reasons S&P will make new highs: Longtime bull

    CNBC ·

    Source

  • 3 reasons S&P will make new highs: Longtime bull

    Internet Archive (Wayback capture of CNBC) ·

    Source

Evidence of what happened

  • First S&P 500 close above the prior record close of 2,130.82 came on 2016-07-11 at 2,137.16 (intraday high 2,143.16). Verified by scanning every trading day from 2015-05-22 through 2016-07-31: 2016-07-11 is the first close above the threshold, followed immediately by 2,152.14 (07-12), 2,152.43 (07-13), 2,163.75 (07-14).

    Evidence

  • Wikipedia's closing-milestones page independently states the 2,130.82 all-time closing high of May 21, 2015 'was not surpassed until July 11, 2016', and its milestone table records 2,137.16 on that date.

    Evidence

  • Contemporaneous press, Fortune carrying Reuters, dated 2016-07-11: 'The S&P 500 Just Hit A Record High With Big Gains Across the Board', reporting the index up 7.11 points at 2,137.01 in early trade as it cleared the May 2015 peak.

    Evidence

  • Deadline context: the qualifying close occurred 2016-07-11, about 2 years and 9 months before the 2019-04-22 deadline, so the outcome does not depend on any judgement about the horizon.

    Evidence

Corrections

No public corrections.

Effect on the score

+2.86
How sure they sounded
85%
Outcome
Hit
Importance
3 / 5

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Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
August 5, 2026
Made on
2016-04-22

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