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Investing in Sports: Women’s Sports and the Future Dec 13, 2024

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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 growth in women’s sports with Stacy Sonnenberg, Head of Global Sports Finance. Nicole is also joined by Willow Bay, Dean of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and the new controlling owner of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Angel City FC. Bay shares her perspective on leading the most highly valued franchise in the league during this watershed moment for women’s sports. Nicole Pullen Ross is Head of Sports and Entertainment for Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. She is also Head of the Private Wealth Management business for the New York region at Goldman Sachs.

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What investors expect from Trump Dec 09, 2024

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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.

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Investing in Sports: Building A Better Fan Experience Dec 06, 2024

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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 Zucker, CEO of Halo Sports and Entertainment and President of Business Operations for the LA Clippers, to discuss how the team intends to make its new home — the Intuit Dome — a “basketball mecca.” Nicole Pullen Ross is Head of Sports and Entertainment for Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. She is also Head of the Private Wealth Management business for the New York region at Goldman Sachs.

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Should investors worry about market concentration? Dec 03, 2024

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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?

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How AI could impact geopolitics Nov 26, 2024

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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.

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Investing in Sports: A New Media Model Nov 22, 2024

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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 makes sports content so valuable, the tension between the legacy broadcasters and tech platforms, the shift to direct-to-consumer product offerings, and how this disruption will influence the game itself. Nicole Pullen Ross is Head of Sports and Entertainment for Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. She is also Head of the Private Wealth Management business for the New York region at Goldman Sachs.

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2025 outlook: Will tailwinds trump tariffs? Nov 20, 2024

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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 economic and market outlook for the year ahead.

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Investing in Sports: The Next Trillion Dollar Market? Nov 15, 2024

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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 Premier League. She’ll also discuss the scale of the investment opportunity in sports with Dave Dase, Global Co-Head of Sports Investment Banking, and Elis Jones, Head of Sports Investment Banking for EMEA. Nicole Pullen Ross is Head of Sports and Entertainment for Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management. She is also Head of the Private Wealth Management business for the New York region at Goldman Sachs.

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What Trump’s policies could mean for the Fed Nov 12, 2024

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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.

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What Trump’s win means for markets and portfolios Nov 07, 2024

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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.

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