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Their lifespan is still a mystery. To better understand them, let’s uncover the crocodile life cycle!

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, a growing crowd of Wall Street strategists argues that the benchmark index has more room to run higher.On Monday, Deutsche Bank chief global strategist Bankim Chadha boosted his year-end S&P 500 target to 6,550 from 6,150. Chadha hadto 6,150 from 7,000 amid Trump's tariff escalation.

But now with the estimated US effective tariff rate moving lower from its April peak, Chadha sees fewer headwinds weighing on S&P 500 earnings growth this year thanChadha now predicts earnings per share for the S&P 500 hitting $267 this year, up from a prior forecast of $240, as "the direct and indirect drags from tariffs on earnings have shrunk significantly."

The S&P 500 upgrade also included a nod to the belief among investors that should tariffs weigh on the markets, the administration will likely dial back tariffs — in the same fashion as they've done over the past month to stabilize markets.

This newfound confidence was rReuters reported on Monday that the U.S. Trade Representative was asking countries to list their best proposals in a number of key areas, including tariff and quota offers for purchase of U.S. industrial and agricultural products and plans to remedy any non-tariff barriers.

In turn, the letter promises answers "within days" with an indication of a "landing zone," including what tariff rates countries can be expected to be saddled with after a 90-day pause on the tariffs expires on July 8. At issue for most trading partners is whether they retain the current baseline rate of 10% on most exports to the U.S. after that date, or something sharply higher in many cases.White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed the report on Tuesday, saying: “USTR sent this letter to all of our trading partners just to give them a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up."

Other items requested by the Trump administration include any commitments on digital trade and economic security, along with country-specific commitments, according to the letter.Japan, a major U.S. trading partner, has not received such letter, top government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular press conference.