Financial life insights for personal investors. Watch: Goldman Sachs Monthly Spotlight | February 2023

Watch: Goldman Sachs Monthly Spotlight | February 2023

By Mariam Kamshad

Investment Planning, Market Trends
Photo credit: Mariam is head of portfolio strategy for Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management

Introducing our new video series, Monthly Spotlight. Each month, we’ll look ahead at what to watch for in the markets and greater economy, combined with insights from the previous month’s news and numbers. In the first episode, Mariam Kamshad, head of portfolio strategy for Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, details:

  • Whether January’s CPI data will continue to indicate a fourth month of declines in the core inflation rate
  • The markets’ digestion of takeaways from the January 31 FOMC meeting
  • Insights from the Q4 earnings season
  • The attractiveness of US equities amidst the current fog of uncertainty

Remember, your advisor is at the ready to adjust your strategy, explain tradeoffs, and serve as a sounding board. Reach out if you have any questions or concerns about your plan.

Miriam Kamshad
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mariam Kamshad

Mariam is a senior member of the Investment Strategy Group and head of Portfolio Strategy for Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management (PFM) Investments. In this role, she oversees the PFM Investments client and advisory facing teams, and is responsible for delivering the firm’s thinking on asset allocation, financial markets, and portfolio construction to clients. Mariam also serves as vice president and chief investment officer of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund and the Ayco Charitable Foundation. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 and was named managing director in 2010.

Prior to joining the firm, Mariam was a national account manager in the Strategic Relations Group at Lord Abbett Asset Management. Earlier, she spent 11 years in numerous sales and management positions within Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in New York and Merrill Lynch International in London.

Mariam earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and administration from the University of London.

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