The Meb Faber Show

Today’s guest is Peter Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs’ Chief Global Equity Strategist and Head of Macro Research. He’s also the author of Any Happy Returns: Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets, which explains how cycles help explain investor returns. In today’s episode, Peter discusses how structural changes in macroeconomic drivers, geopolitics, government policy and social attitudes all combine to drive secular super cycles that help to explain investor returns. Then he focuses on what he calls the Post-Modern Cycle and how AI and de-carbonization may impact financial market returns and opportunities. Throughout the episode, Peter emphasizes the need for diversification in investment strategies to both manage risk and enhance returns. (0:00) Starts (1:02) Introduction of Peter Oppenheimer (2:22) The Four Phases of the Equity Cycle (10:17) Thoughts on The US Market Today (17:23) European Banks vs. US Tech Stocks (20:32) Diversification and Sector Dominance in Equity Markets (23:35) Long-term Structur