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Staying at home has resulted in sharp increases in streaming-video consumption, as well as entertainment companies moving some of their big releases from movie theaters to on-demand video. This has upended the entertainment landscape, creating challenges and opportunities for content creators, distributors and exhibitors. In this episode, Brett Feldman of Goldman Sachs Research, Adam Agress of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Alekhya Uppalapati of the Investment Banking Division explore these topics and how the entertainment industry is rapidly evolving. This is the first episode of a four-part miniseries: Exchanges Deep Dive: The Battle for Our Screens, which brings together experts from across Goldman Sachs to analyze how the pandemic has shifted our lives digitally and how industries are responding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Pasquariello of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division explains how and why major stock market indices have backtracked somewhat from record highs in August, and what it all means for the forward-looking equity outlook. "I don't think we should get too worked up about the turbulence we've encountered in September, just given the astonishing run the preceded it.," he says." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three interns from Goldman Sachs' first virtual intern class share their perspectives with Bentley de Beyer, global head of Human Capital Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dominic Ashcroft and Luke Gillam, co-heads of EMEA Leveraged Capital Markets in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division, talk about the “cautiously optimistic” sentiment among corporate clients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goldman Sachs’ Chief Strategy Officer Stephanie Cohen talks with three "Launch with GS" CEOs about their founder journeys and lessons learned while leading through times of crisis. The founders, who are all part of the "Launch With GS" Black and Latinx Entrepreneur Cohort, are Helen Adeosun of CareAcademy, Sean Mitchell of REZI, and Max Tuchman of Caribu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Cassell of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division talks about the cautious optimism with which investors are viewing the current equity market rally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Kostin, Goldman Sachs' chief U.S. equity strategist, shares Goldman Sachs Research's latest forecasts for the S&P 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well into the COVID-19 pandemic, countries continue to grapple with managing the virus while restoring economic activity. Where the virus will go from here, what that means for the economy and markets—and how the vaccine outlook might impact everything—is Top of Mind. In this episode, Allison Nathan speaks to Harvard’s Dr. Marc Lipsitch, who believes that the rising expectation for a resolution of the pandemic in 2021 is a plausible best-case scenario, but one we likely won’t be sure of until at least midyear. Our own Jan Hatzius argues that economic activity should be able to normalize further even if the virus remains an issue, and that a vaccine would only reinforce the economic recovery. Finally, Allison asks CEPI CEO, Dr. Richard Hatchett, if the rise in vaccine optimism is warranted. He’s also hopeful about the vaccine timeline, but cautions vaccines likely won’t be a magic bullet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Pasquariello of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division and Joe Wall of the Office of Government Affairs discuss how investors are viewing the upcoming U.S. election in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Koch, co-head of the Fundamental Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, talks about why diversity gives investing teams a competitive edge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Olympia McNerney of Goldman Sachs talks about what’s been driving the surge in SPACs as an alternative avenue for companies to raise money in the public markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie Scher, co-head of the Global Financing Group in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division, talks about how companies are meeting their financing needs in this environment and the broader sentiment for banking activity in the second half of 2020. Additionally, Scher shares her thoughts on how to recruit and develop diverse talent, as well as advice for how junior employees can continue to grow and develop their networks while working remotely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christian Mueller-Glissmann of Goldman Sachs Research discusses his new research about asset allocation with the risk of ‘fat and flat’ markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of our Venture Capital Horizon series with Heath Terry of Goldman Sachs Research, we dive into the future of e-commerce and the adoption of robotics in everything from manufacturing to packaging and delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jose Manuel Barroso, chairman of Goldman Sachs International, provides an update on Europe’s latest fiscal stimulus package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Siegel of Goldman Sachs Asset Management summarizes key investment trends from GSAM’s 2020 Insurance Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America appears to be at a point of reckoning with its long history of social and economic racial inequality. How to close the large and persistent Black-white earnings and wealth gaps central to this inequality is not just Top of Mind, but one of the most pressing questions of our time. In this episode, Allison Nathan interviews Kerwin K. Charles, dean and professor at the Yale School of Management, for perspective on the magnitude of these gaps, their evolution over time, and what these trends suggest for effective policy solutions moving forward. And we dig into racial gaps in healthcare with Dr. John Z. Ayanian, director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan; and access to capital and professional advancement with Margaret Anadu, the firm’s head of the Urban Investment Group. All are core areas that must be addressed if we’re serious about reducing economic inequities. Our key takeaway: overcoming these inequities will require a holistic approach from all areas of society, and coming together to achieve this goal is not only a moral imperative, but also essential for the health and vibrancy of our economy and our nation more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Esposito, global co-head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division, recaps a “gritty” second quarter, the importance of technological resilience, and the ongoing commitment to client centricity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Strongin, a senior advisor at Goldman Sachs, discusses the future of ESG investing, based on a new Goldman Sachs Research report, Sustainable ESG Investing: Turning Promises into Performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Pasquariello of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division recaps the historic market rally of the second quarter and talks about how institutional investors are viewing Q3 and the remainder of 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Pandl of Goldman Sachs Research explains the factors driving U.S. dollar weakness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Ramsden of Goldman Sachs Research explains what the results from U.S. banks’ latest stress tests say about the health of the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristin Olson, global head of the Alternative Capital Markets Group in Goldman Sachs' Consumer and Investment Management Division, explains where investors are finding value in alternative asset classes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amelia Garnett of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division provides an update on how institutional investors are weighing market risks, from an uptick in COVID-19 cases to the U.S. election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Ingrassia, co-chairman of Global Mergers & Acquisitions for Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, provides an update on the recent M&A slowdown. “I fully expect M&A to normalize and recover because all those deals that aren’t happening right now, some significant percentage of them are deals that will happen,” Ingrassia says. “And so then it’s a question of when will they happen?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Philip Berlinski, COO of Global Equities, provides an update on equity markets, from the growth in day trading to the role of active management in the COVID-19 crisis to the impact of the U.S. presidential election in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Hari Moorthy, head of Transaction Banking for Goldman Sachs, talks about innovations in banking technology for corporations and what it’s been like to build the first-ever digital-only transaction bank over the past two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lizzie Reed of Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division gives an update on what’s been driving investor interest in equity markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fred Baba, a managing director in Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division, reflects on a raw and honest email he wrote this week about his experience with racism and discrimination as a black man in America, as well as how his co-workers can best support the black community moving forward. Baba's email has been shared around the firm and was published as a Bloomberg Op-Ed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Strongin, a senior advisor for Goldman Sachs, discusses a new framework for investing after COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Government deficits, debt issuance and debt levels are set to surge as countries race to ease the economic impact of the coronacrisis. This raises many questions: who will finance this debt, will it force a market repricing and/or an eventual growth or inflation problem, and would greater use of negative rates help avoid any of these risks? At the same time, whether corporate bankruptcies could derail the economic recovery is a key concern. In short, how disruptive the recent, dramatic shift in debt dynamics might be is Top of Mind. In this episode, Allison Nathan consults Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff, University of Pennsylvania’s David Skeel, and Goldman Sachs’ chief economist Jan Hatzius. Our key takeaways: the benefit of running large deficits today far outweighs any eventual costs; worries about distress in emerging markets and the Euro area are largely warranted; and a likely wave of corporate bankruptcies could prolong—but likely won’t derail—the economic recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Cassell of Global Markets gives a quick update on how investors are approaching market risks, from U.S.-China tensions to ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heath Terry of Goldman Sachs Research explores clean energy and the advances in nuclear power technology as part of his team’s Venture Capital Horizon series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Pasquariello, global head of hedge fund coverage for Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division, provides an update on how investors are reacting to the gradual re-opening of the U.S. economy, historic government stimulus efforts, potential vaccine developments, and ongoing US-China tensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goldman Sachs has committed $500 million in lending capital to provide Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loans to small businesses suffering in this crisis. In this episode, Margaret Anadu, head of the firm’s Urban Investment Group, provides an update on the more than 8,000 small businesses across the country that the firm has reached through partnerships with community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and other mission-driven lenders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, leveraging a client call from Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, leaders from across the financial services industry discuss the pandemic’s impact on the ESG landscape, including how corporations and investors are responding. The conversation features Mark Wiedman, a senior managing director at BlackRock, Katherine Collins, head of Putnam Investment’s sustainable investing, Martin Whittaker, CEO of JUST Capital, and John Goldstein, head of Goldman Sachs’ Sustainable Finance Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Asahi Pompey, global head of Corporate Engagement and president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, interviews three graduates of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program to talk about their experiences with PPP loans, what’s keeping them up at night, and how they’re pivoting to adapt to changing industries and a changing society. The entrepreneurs are Khari Parker, co-founder of Connie’s Chicken and Waffles based in Baltimore, Dana White, founder and CEO of Paralee Boyd, a blow-dry salon in Detroit, and Jennie Ripps, founder and CEO of Owl’s Brew, a New York-based beverage company that specializes in teas and botanical-based drinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jen Roth of Goldman Sachs' Global Markets Division provides an update on how COVID-19 is impacting investor sentiment in emerging markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a recent client call held by Goldman Sachs Research, Brian Dodge, President of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, discusses how retailers will re-open. Dodge is joined by Goldman Sachs Research’s Kate McShane, Alex Walvis, and Jenna Giannelli, who all cover the retail sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Blanchard of Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division shares an update on how global central banks are responding to liquidity concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With mitigation measures leading to an apparent leveling off of case growth globally at the same time that the economic costs of such measures continue to mount, several countries around the world have begun to plan for—or have already started to implement—economic reopening. But absent herd immunity or a vaccine, such reopenings increase the risk of a resurgence. With this in mind, what a safe reopening might look like, how well-positioned the US is to achieve one and how quickly reopening would really translate into economic recovery is Top of Mind. In this episode, we consult three experts on these questions: University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Duke University’s Dr. Mark McClellan and Harvard University’s Dr. Barry Bloom. Finally, with more complete economic normalization only likely with an effective testing regime, treatments, or a widely available vaccine, we discuss where we are on all of the above. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goldman Sachs CFO Stephen Scherr and other senior leaders across the firm discuss topics that are top of mind for CFOs in the current environment, from financing markets and liquidity concerns, to earnings guidance and economic outlooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Kiernan of Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division gives her quick take on the latest market volatility, including investors’ reactions to record-low oil prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To share Goldman Sachs’ latest analysis on record price declines in oil markets, this episode leverages a client call, featuring Jeff Currie, Damien Courvalin and Brian Singer of Goldman Sachs Research, and Anthony Dewell of EMEA Commodity Trading in Global Markets. The call was held the morning of April 21st, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Terry Hagerty, co-head of homebuilding & building products investment banking for Goldman Sachs, discusses how COVID-19 has impacted the outlook for housing and the broader building products sector. Despite the severity of the current slowdown, Hagerty points to favorable demographic tailwinds as reasons to expect a return to industry growth into 2021. Additionally, Hagerty explains why the sector may be poised to rebound more quickly from this crisis than that of 2008, driven by more favorable supply/demand dynamics, consumers’ relatively strong financial position, and healthy corporate balance sheets. “When I look at the balance sheets and liquidity positions of my clients, both in home building and building products, it’s quite strong,” Hagerty says. “Most of them have access to the capital markets, given some of the Fed action that we’ve seen, and generally they’re all positioned to weather what could potentially be a very extended downturn. So the outlook today is much different than 2008.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As volatility continues in the public markets, Meena Flynn of Goldman Sachs’ Consumer and Investment Management Division gives her analysis on the latest swings and explains how investors with permanent capital are positioning themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashok Varadhan, global co-head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division, talks about how financial trading has adapted to a primarily remote workforce and also shares takeaways from the division’s strong first quarter performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon shares his views on the pandemic and the economic impact, alongside other of the firm’s senior leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Margaret Anadu, head of Goldman Sachs’ Urban Investment Group, talks about COVID-19’s impact on US small businesses and explains the firm’s recent announcement to commit $500 million in capital for emergency loans to small businesses. Then, three entrepreneurs and graduates of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses program share their personal stories -- Erin Andrews of Indi Chocolate, a Seattle-based chocolate factory, Ellen McNulty-Brown of Lotuff Leather, a Rhode-Island based leather maker, and Matt Jozwiak of Rethink Food, a New York City-based nonprofit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The global oil market is experiencing a massive demand shock, with demand for transportation fuels sitting in the crosshairs of the coronavirus crisis. At the same time, major oil producers have engaged in a war for oil market share, resulting in a sizable supply shock. The impact of these simultaneous shocks on oil prices, OPEC+, the oil industry, and credit and financial markets more broadly are Top of Mind. In this episode, Allison Nathan interviews three energy experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Daniel Yergin, PIRA Energy Group Founder, Gary Ross, and our own head of Global Commodities Research, Jeff Currie. They discuss the enormity of the current oil shock, how we got here, and what’s in store—namely, sharply lower, and even negative, crude oil prices as oil infrastructure is overwhelmed by the supply surge. But they also argue that the sharper the price decline, the sharper the eventual rebound as oil production is shut in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices