For many strategists, it is never too early to start predicting the future. In this instance, the annual ritual of S&P price targets is already in full gear for 2011.

Equity strategists are actually doing quite well for 2010, with the markets only a few points away from the year end price target that was estimated at the beginning of this year.  It should come as no surprise that analysts are expecting the markets to climb higher next year, resulting in a gain of slightly less than 10%.