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Clear all filters- Goldman Sachs11 min
The Evolution of ESG Financing
In 2019, the US corporate ESG financing market reached a watershed $31 billion in supply, rapidly expanding into high-yield segments where Sustainability-Linked Bonds now drive issuance by tying interest rates to specific KPIs. While investor accountability mechanisms link executive compensation to decarbonization milestones and regulatory frameworks like SASB intensify disclosure requirements, market evolution is shifting from product-specific funding to assessing overall corporate ESG substance to determine credit spreads. Goldman Sachs and other institutions anticipate that future financing will decouple from bond structures, favoring companies with robust sustainability programs that align with pre-existing climate commitments and attract capital regardless of specific product types.
- Goldman Sachs26 min
Reflation Risk
Allison Nathan, Jan Hatzius, Dominic Wilson
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Goldman Sachs' Jan Hatzius debated whether U.S. fiscal stimulus will trigger a 1970s-style inflationary spiral, with Hatzius arguing that a 6% output gap and temporary spending measures justify the Federal Reserve's tolerance for average inflation targeting. While bond market strategist Dominic Wilson noted that recent yield increases reflect growth acceleration rather than policy surprises, the consensus suggests a rotation into cyclical assets as investors anticipate Fed rate hikes beginning in early 2022. Goldman Sachs projects tapering in early 2022 with a first rate hike in 2024, advising investors to favor cyclical equities and non-gold commodities over rate-sensitive growth stocks during this transition.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
The Four Megatrends Shaping Retail Investing
This European wholesaler capitalizes on four megatrends by channeling retail and institutional funds into technology, healthcare, sustainable infrastructure, and millennial-focused consumer markets. The firm leverages diverse investment teams, where 45% of assets are managed by women and 60% of researchers are of Asian descent, to consistently outperform market benchmarks in sectors ranging from gene editing to cloud infrastructure. With pandemic acceleration validating its strategies in digital finance and green energy, the firm forecasts the permanent democratization of investing as a core driver for future alpha generation.
- Goldman Sachs19 min
Outlook for Equity Markets
Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group asserts that the current equity market is not in a bubble despite rich valuations, attributing stability to a 2.9% implied equity risk premium and low Treasury yields below the 3.0% to 3.5% recession threshold. While forecasting a robust 6.5% GDP growth with only a 10% recession probability, the firm anticipates post-pandemic earnings expansion to be partially tempered by potential corporate tax hikes. Consequently, Goldman Sachs advises investors to remain fully allocated to equities but to shift their allocation toward undervalued value stocks using dollar-cost averaging rather than waiting for market pullbacks.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
Launch With GS Interviews Sivan Shamri Dahan in Celebration of Women’s History Month
Sivan Shamri Dahan, Suzanne Gauron, Suzanne Gorin
Goldman Sachs' "Launch with GS" Opportunities Fund invested in Kummer Capital's portfolio company Coomera, reinforcing a strategic focus on female leadership within the venture capital sector. Sivan Shamri-Dahan highlighted the resilience of Israel's deep tech ecosystem, noting how the pandemic accelerated growth in AI-driven solutions and digital health platforms like Joy Tunes and DogSpace. To address the gender gap where women-led startups comprise only 8% of successful funding recipients, Shamri's Women's Founders Forum has guided 45 companies to raise over $200 billion while aiming to double the number of women CEOs in the industry within five years.
- Goldman Sachs7 min
Launch With GS Interviews Dayna Grayson in Celebration of Women’s History Month
Dayna Grayson, Suzanne Gauron, Suzanne Gorin
Goldman Sachs' "Launch with GS" program allocated $500 million to support Construct Capital, a new venture fund co-founded by Dana Grayson and Rachel, which targets foundational industries like manufacturing and supply chain. The fund leverages the partners' combined operational and investment experience to address critical gaps in these sectors, aiming to drive returns through the necessary digitalization and reengineering accelerated by the pandemic. In addition to highlighting successful exits such as Framebridge, the firm emphasizes its commitment to supporting diverse founders while advocating for systemic solutions to the disproportionate impact of recent global crises on women in the workforce.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
Walter Isaacson, Historian and Author of "The Code Breaker"
Walter Isaacson, Jennifer Doudna, John Rogers
Fueled by the 2020 Nobel Prize win for Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, the CRISPR gene-editing revolution has rapidly shifted medical research from observational to interventional capabilities, underpinning critical advancements like mRNA vaccines. While intense scientific rivalry initially drove these breakthroughs, the global pandemic demonstrated that high-stakes competition can coexist with urgent collaboration to prioritize human health over intellectual property. Looking ahead, experts warn that the technology's future must navigate complex ethical boundaries between therapeutic cures and commercial enhancements to prevent the emergence of free-market eugenics.
- Goldman Sachs6 min
The Outlook for China’s Beauty Sector
The Chinese beauty market contracted by 1% in 2020 due to travel restrictions, yet achieved a 38% online penetration rate driven by robust onshore retail growth. Forecasts project a 22% recovery in 2021 as offline channels stabilize, with online sales expected to capture 57% of the market by 2025. Simultaneously, local leaders like Yatsen are diversifying into multi-brand portfolios to counter short brand cycles, while the industry increasingly adopts ESG standards to address shifting consumer expectations.
- Goldman Sachs17 min
A Guide to Bubbles and Why We Are Not in One
Peter Oppenheimer, Jake Seward
Peter Oppenheimer identifies that while seven of the nine historical indicators of market bubbles are currently present, the absence of excessive private sector leverage and the current position within an economic recovery cycle distinguish today's environment from past systemic crises. He notes that although mega-cap technology dominance and record equity valuations are significant, they are supported by strong corporate profitability and low bond yields rather than the speculative exuberance that characterized bubbles like the 1999 tech crash. Oppenheimer concludes that while these elevated valuations likely presage lower long-term returns, the market lacks the immediate fragility of a full-blown bubble unless interest rates rise significantly to undermine current conditions.
- Goldman Sachs7 min
What Europe’s Reopening Means for Economic Growth
Goldman Sachs forecasts a robust 2021 European economic rebound driven by vaccine rollouts, projecting 7.1% GDP growth for the UK and 5.1% for the Euro Area despite near-term infection risks. The recovery will feature significant divergence, with Germany returning to pre-pandemic activity levels by the third quarter ahead of Italy and Spain due to its exposure to the global industrial cycle and stronger fiscal support. This optimistic outlook is further bolstered by massive excess household savings estimated at 30% of GDP in the UK and 15% in the Euro Area, which could accelerate consumption if restrictions ease as anticipated.
- Goldman Sachs9 min
How Supply-Chain Disruptions Are Impacting Inflation
Recorded on March 24, 2021, this analysis by Goldman Sachs attributes current global supply chain bottlenecks to a surge in goods demand and international logistics failures rather than production capacity. While shipping rates have risen approximately 300% since 2020, the firm forecasts a modest inflationary impact of nine basis points on core consumer prices as firms absorb costs through expensive workarounds. The outlook projects that these constraints will ease by late 2021 alongside global vaccination rollouts and a shift in consumer spending from goods to services, leading to price normalization in 2022.
- Goldman Sachs8 min
The Resiliency of the Muni Market
Despite early pandemic uncertainty, the municipal bond market demonstrated exceptional resilience in 2020 driven by stable revenue streams, historically low default rates, and strong balance sheets. Issuers capitalized on the rally to refund old debt while tax revenues exceeded forecasts, further bolstered by fiscal stimulus funds designated for infrastructure and pandemic relief rather than tax cuts. GSAM maintained a fundamental, bottom-up selection strategy that helped both investment grade and high yield segments perform well, resulting in significantly tightened credit spreads and record issue volumes by year-end.
- Goldman Sachs8 min
One Year Since Market Trough: A Cycle on Fast-Forward
Goldman Sachs analysis identifies that the March 2020 market bottom was triggered when specific downside risks were quantified and policy mitigations stabilized funding, leading to a historical "fast forward" recovery where the S&P 500 reclaimed pre-pandemic levels within months. Driven by rapid vaccine deployment and unprecedented global fiscal support, the bank forecasts nearly 7% global growth for 2021, a pace significantly outstripping consensus expectations and previous post-crisis rebounds. This accelerated cycle is expected to force earlier central bank tightening compared to traditional recoveries, prompting investors to position portfolios in cyclical assets while hedging against rapidly rising interest rates.
- Goldman Sachs12 min
The New Tech Investing Landscape
Investors are increasingly targeting underexposed US mid-cap and international technology sectors, leveraging recent market pullbacks to build positions in transformational companies at attractive valuations. Key growth themes include the structural shift to digital payments, the rapid expansion of e-commerce models in emerging markets, and the democratization of innovation through cloud infrastructure and mobile device proliferation. Despite risks from geopolitical tensions and regulatory scrutiny, the firm maintains a bullish long-term outlook, urging portfolio diversification into dynamic players within artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced semiconductors to capture the disruptive acceleration expected over the next decade.
- Goldman Sachs11 min
The Beginning of a Structural Bull Market for Commodities
Goldman Sachs Research has revised its 12-month commodity index return forecast to 15.5% based on a structural bull market driven by post-vaccination demand recovery, expansive green infrastructure spending, and constrained producer supply. The firm attributes this shift to simultaneous global fiscal stimulus and capital discipline that limit oil and mine output while redirecting investment toward transition metals like copper. Consequently, analysts have upgraded price targets for copper, oil, and grains, positioning commodities as a hedge against sustained inflationary pressures and a diversification tool against equity valuation risks.