Goldman Sachs Research’s David Mericle, chief US economist, discusses the implications of tariff policies on inflation, growth, and monetary policy. This episode was recorded on March 10, 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump has announced several tariffs since his inauguration, and there are signs that bigger and broader tariffs could still be ahead. Is this mostly talk, or does Trump really intend to usher in a new era for international trade? Jeff Gerrish, who served as Deputy US Trade Representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial Competitiveness during Trump’s first term, discusses with Allison Nathan. This episode explores the latest Top of Mind report. This episode was recorded on Febru...
Capstone’s founder and CEO Paul Britton discusses evolution of the derivatives market, how he thinks about managing people and risk, and why the VIX is relatively low against a tumultuous economic backdrop. For more insights from great investors, listen to previous episodes from our Great Investors series. This episode was recorded on February 20, 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How are the latest government policies affecting the global economy and markets? Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius, head of Goldman Sachs Research and the firm's chief economist, and Dominic Wilson, senior advisor in the Global Markets Research Group, discuss how tariffs, inflation, and higher yields are shaping the outlook for 2025. This episode was recorded on February 13, 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does the recent tariff rhetoric suggest that we're entering a global trade war? Goldman Sachs Research’s Alec Phillips, Joseph Briggs, and Kamakshya Trivedi explain the implications of the recent tariff policies—both announced and expected—for global economies and markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The introduction of low-cost AI models is raising questions about AI infrastructure and the high spending on AI by the world’s largest technology companies. In this inaugural episode of a special podcast series, AI Exchanges, Co-Hosts Allison Nathan and George Lee discuss the issues surrounding the costs of AI development and implementation, and the impact on deal-making, with Kim Posnett, global co-head of Investment Banking in Goldman Sachs’ Global Banking & Markets business. Learn more about ...
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon shares his views on why he sees a “more constructive” business environment and a pickup in capital markets activity in 2025. In the latest episode of Goldman Sachs Exchanges, Solomon explains how businesses are harnessing AI for their own businesses, and how Goldman Sachs is thinking about its strategic priorities, including the growth of private credit. Date of recording: January 27, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Global bond yields have been exceptionally volatile in recent weeks. Goldman Sachs’ Jonathan Fine and George Cole explain the drivers behind that volatility and the implications for the economy and investors on Goldman Sachs Exchanges. Date of recording: January 17, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Goldman Sachs’ Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, head of the Investment Strategy Group (ISG) and chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs Wealth Management, shares ISG’s 2025 outlook, Keep on Truckin’, and why the team’s long-held investment recommendations—US preeminence and staying invested—remain intact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024 was a great year for many US investors, but will the same strategies that worked so well keep working in 2025? Christian Mueller-Glissmann, who heads asset allocation research in Goldman Sachs Research, and Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo, Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Multi-Asset Solutions Business in Goldman Sachs Asset Management, share their asset allocation outlooks for the year ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Financial services firms are facing one of the most constructive backdrops in years, helped by a steepening yield curve, an expected recovery in the capital markets, and a potential easing of regulations under a second Trump administration, say Goldman Sachs Research’s Richard Ramsden, business unit leader of the financials group, and Alex Blostein, who covers the asset management industry, on Goldman Sachs Exchanges. Date of recording: December 16, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
The pace of mergers and acquisitions around the world gained momentum this year, and there are signs that deal-making will accelerate in 2025, say Stephan Feldgoise and Mark Sorrell, the co-heads of the global mergers and acquisitions business in Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, on Goldman Sachs Exchanges. Date of recording: December 11, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Goldman Sachs Research’s Hui Shan, chief China economist, and Peking University Guanghua School of Management’s Michael Pettis discuss just how effective China’s domestic policy stimulus will be in addressing the country’s internal and external economic challenges. This episode explores the latest Top of Mind report, “Will China’s policy stimulus be enough?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With record-breaking attendance at games and viewership of televised games, the groundswell of enthusiasm for women’s sports has created a cultural movement. How should investors think about the opportunity in women’s sports, and how might the growth trajectory of the professional women’s leagues compare to the equivalent men’s leagues? In the final episode of a four-part series on the changing dynamics in the business of sports, host Nicole Pullen Ross discusses the business forces driving grow...
Goldman Sachs Research’s Chief US Economist David Mericle shares what investors are expecting under the second Trump administration and how those policy assumptions are reflected in market pricing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the third episode of a four-part series on the changing dynamics in the business of sports, host Nicole Pullen Ross discusses the physical fan experience with Greg Carey, Global Co-Head of Sports Investment Banking, and Stacy Sonnenberg, Head of Global Sports Finance. They discuss what’s driving interest in the new sports-entertainment complexes, the creative ways of financing these infrastructure projects, and what it all means for teams and their fans. Nicole is also joined by Gillian Zucke...
The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 account for an outsized share of the index’s market cap and of its stellar 2024 performance. Goldman Sachs Research’s David Kostin, chief US equity strategist, and Owen Lamont, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management LLC, discuss whether investor concerns over today’s high US equity market concentration are warranted. This episode explores the latest Top of Mind report, Market Concentration: How Big a Worry? Learn more about your a...
The rise of AI could have profound implications for geopolitics given the decisions about where AI infrastructure is going to get built. Jared Cohen, president of global affairs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute, discusses the data center diplomacy that is shaping geopolitics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sports is one of the few forms of premium live content available today, but how fans consume these games or matches is being significantly disrupted. In the second episode of a four-part series on the changing dynamics in the business of sports, host Nicole Pullen Ross discusses the new sports media landscape with Dave Dase, Global Co-Head of Sports Investment Banking, and Gene Sykes, Co-Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions and Co-Chair of Global Technology, Media and Telecom. They discuss what mak...
As the global economy comes off of another year of relatively strong growth in 2024, new and important variables are now in the mix with the election of Donald Trump and the Republican sweep of Congress. So can this solid performance continue amid the policy shifts ahead, and what might be the implications for markets? In this episode, Jan Hatzius, Goldman Sachs’ chief economist and head of Goldman Sachs Research, and Dominic Wilson, senior advisor in global markets research, discuss the economi...
The sports ecosystem has exploded as an area of investment, with professional leagues loosening rules on private equity ownership, the value of media rights deals skyrocketing, and the many sports-adjacent businesses taking on new dimensions. In the first episode of a four-part series on the changing dynamics in the business of sports, host Nicole Pullen Ross speaks to Apollo Co-Founder Josh Harris about what it means to own and run professional sports teams in the NBA, NHL, NFL, and English Pre...
Former Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan, current vice chairman at Goldman Sachs, discusses the Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle, the interplay between monetary and fiscal policy, and his views on what the Trump administration could mean for Fed policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The markets reacted forcefully to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, with US stocks, bond yields, and the dollar rising sharply in response. Goldman Sachs Research’s Christian Mueller-Glissmann, head of asset allocation research, and Brian Garrett, head of Equity Execution on the Cross Asset Sales desk in Global Banking & Markets at Goldman Sachs, discuss the sustainability of these moves and the medium- and longer-term market implications of the election outcome. Learn more...
Clearlake Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner José E. Feliciano discusses the firm’s flexible approach to investing in the private markets, artificial intelligence, and sports teams. For more insights from great investors, listen to previous episodes from our Great Investors series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How could the proposed policy agendas between the two US presidential candidates shape markets and economies? Top economists from the Democratic and Republican parties discuss a range of economic policies, painting starkly different policy approaches in some key areas but similarities in others. In the latest episode of Goldman Sachs Exchanges, Kevin Hassett, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Trump, and Jared Bernstein, the current Chairman of the Council of Eco...
Chelsea Stoner, general partner of Battery Ventures, has long been focused on the ways in which software is transforming a variety of industries. In a discussion with Goldman Sachs’ Michael Brandmeyer, Stoner discusses her path to Silicon Valley, Battery's longevity as a tech-focused investment firm, and her unique outlook on the venture capital and private equity landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The S&P 500 has staged a remarkable rally since the start of the year. How much more upside should investors expect — and what could drive those gains? Goldman Sachs Research’s David Kostin and Ryan Hammond from the US portfolio strategy team explain the drivers and risks to their year-end and 12-month targets for US equities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bridgewater Associates’ Co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour describes where she’s seeing opportunities for higher returns and the macro factors shaping today’s investment landscape. To hear from more Great Investors, check out: Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha on building enduring businesses, Blackstone’s Joe Baratta on the outlook for private equity, and TPG’s Jon Winkelried on the evolution of alternative markets. The opinions and views expressed in this program may not necessarily reflect the institut...
Escalating conflicts in the Middle East, coupled with China’s latest round of stimulus, are changing the supply-and-demand dynamics for oil prices. Goldman Sachs Research’s Daan Struyven, co-head of commodities research, explains the implications for oil and gold prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Moran, a pension strategist in Goldman Sachs Asset Management, explains how the current macro environment is changing the retirement picture for both savers and retirees. Mike and his team are out with a new report that describes what they see as a missing link to retirement security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
