Goldman Sachs: 'New bull market has begun'

Abby Joseph Cohen, the Wall Street firm's investment guru, says the S&P 500 could climb 10% by the end of 2009.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. stocks have entered a new bull market, and the S&P 500 index could rise as much as 10% from current levels by the end of this year, Abby Joseph Cohen, the head of Goldman Sachs' investment policy committee, said on CNBC Thursday.

Goldman Sachs sees the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index in a range of 1,050-1,100 points toward year-end, said Cohen, the firm's senior investment strategist and president of its global markets institute. That range, she said, "is where we should be toward the end of this year."

Stocks have recovered sharply since hitting 12-year lows in early March, with the S&P 500 index now up 47% since trading as low as 666.79 points in March. In early afternoon trade on Thursday, the S&P was off 0.63% at 996.44 points.

"We do think the new bull market has begun," Cohen said. "It may prove it began in March of this year."

Cohen also said she expects the labor market to improve, but in "an erratic way."

"It appears job losses are slowing, and there is some job creation going on," she said. But "we have many more months of difficult labor situation ahead, even if the recession, using GDP or industrial production, is almost over."

Employment data has been keenly watched for signs of improvement. On Friday, investors will get another look at the job situation with the Labor Department's July employment report. To top of page

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