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Delivers client-focused research in the equity, fixed income, currency and commodities markets.

Who We Are

A global team providing fundamental research on companies and economies, as well as industries, currencies and commodities. Our research analysts are surrounded by dedicated software engineers, data scientists, content designers, and supervisory and operational services teams.

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62% Equity Research

Our equity research analysts analyze macro, sector and company fundamentals to identify investment opportunities for the stocks we cover globally.

• Single Stock Research
• Thematic Research
• Sustainability Research
• Derivatives Research

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13% Macro Research

GIR economists and strategists analyze a wide range of securities, markets and economies.

• Credit Research
• Economic Research
• Portfolio Strategy
• Commodities Research
• FX/Emerging Markets Research

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25% Specialized Teams

Specialized skill sets ensuring GIR creates and distributes research tailored to its various audiences and takes advantage of ever-expanding digital, data and engineering capabilities.

• Digital and Content Strategy
• Data Strategy
• Content Management
• Data Management
• Engineering

Our Goal

To produce analytically ambitious, client-focused research with out-of-consensus conclusions in a fast-paced environment where time to market is of the essence.

Our Clients

Asset managers such as hedge funds and mutual funds, and asset owners such as pension funds, endowments and foundations.

Shaping The Debate


Your work in Global Investment Research will make an impact. Our research has helped influence economic policy and continues to address critical challenges around climate change, racial and gender inequality, and the integration of emerging markets into the global economy. Explore our thought leadership, press coverage and market-leading convening power in more detail below.

The Gender Equity Debate - Womenomics In 1999, Goldman Sachs Research introduced the concept of “Womenomics” and indicated that Japan’s need for greater gender diversity was as much an economic issue as a cultural and social issue. The ground-breaking research played a key role in Japan’s economic policy and inspired our 10,000 Women program.

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OCT 2020

Womenomics: Europe Moving Ahead Today, the Womenomics series continues to shape the gender equity debate. Womenomics: Europe Moving Ahead highlights several encouraging signs of progress on women’s contribution to the economy: most notably, participation rates for women in the workforce have risen dramatically and continue to move up.

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09 MAR 2021

Black Womenomics Black Womenomics: Investing in the Underinvested demonstrates how empowering Black women and reducing the earnings gap they currently face could create more than 1 million jobs and increase annual GDP by $300-450 billion in current US dollars.

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OCT 2020

Carbonomics The Carbonomics series analyses potential investment opportunities as the world moves to decarbonize key carbon-intensive sectors including power generation, mobility, and agriculture. According to Carbonomics: Innovation, Deflation, and Affordable De-carbonization, net zero is becoming more affordable as technological and financial innovation, supported by policy, continue to flatten the de-carbonization cost curve.

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2020 Sustainability Report The firm’s 2020 Sustainability Report highlights many contributions from GIR to make sustainability core to our purpose and integrate it across our businesses, including the SUSTAIN ESG framework, evolving data and analytics, and market-leading content and thought leadership.

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Market-Leading Convening Power


We connect clients, subject experts and key decision makers with our webinars and conferences. Here’s a sampling of our events calendar:

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Technology and Internet Conference

We were joined by the senior executives of more than 140 leading technology and internet companies to explore the industry trends that are top of mind.

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Global Strategy Conference

At our 29th annual Global Strategy Conference, we hosted a series of panel discussions with senior economists and strategists from across the globe and outlined our key strategy recommendations across the main asset classes for the year ahead.

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Carbonomics: The Green Engine of Economic Recovery

We were joined by 30 CEOs and key policymakers to discuss their strategies to de-carbonize the economy and generate sustainable growth, in front of an audience of around 5,000 investors, corporates, regulators, and industry experts.

Global Investment Research Alumni

Those who leave Goldman Sachs take their experience with them wherever they go. We are proud to have a strong research alumni network comprised of thought leaders who are making an impact across industries and sectors.

Some of our notable alumni include:

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Learn more about our colleagues across the firm, including GIR.

Learn about the firm’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Who We Look For


Research analysts at Goldman Sachs are intellectually curious, creative and analytical. In addition to being passionate about the markets and interested in the research process, analysts possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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Learning

We created Goldman Sachs University to help our people grow professionally – starting with their orientation and integration into the firm and continuing with ongoing development over the course of their careers.

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Development

From ongoing feedback to diverse talent programs, we’re committed to empowering our people to drive their own development and expand their horizons.

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Apprenticeship

We emphasize an apprenticeship culture in which our junior team members learn by working closely with seasoned professionals. We believe this is critical to developing the next generation of Goldman Sachs leaders.

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