Macroeconomics

Weekly Market Monitor

January 30, 2026 | 3 minute read
Stay connected with our Weekly Market Monitor, featuring a thematic chart, key market developments, and valuable investment insights across asset classes each week.

Chart of the Week: AI Picks and Shovels

While much of the enthusiasm around AI has been concentrated in the US, we believe the long-term success of AI depends heavily on the supply-chain strength and manufacturing capabilities of EM economies. EMs are deeply embedded in the global AI ecosystem. For example, roughly 70% of global semiconductor and AI hardware exports in 2025 came from EMs. This manufacturing depth, combined with their strategic role in AI supply chains and relatively attractive valuations, position EMs as a long-term beneficiary of the global AI transformation, in our view. 

Chart of the Week

Source: ITC Trade Maps and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. As of January 5, 2026. * Includes data up to and including October 2025. Chart shows the share of global exports for Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence related hardware across a variety of developed and emerging market countries. “EM” refers to Emerging Markets. “AI” refers to artificial intelligence. “HS” refers to the Harmonized System. Export data reflects a sum of HS 8541, 8542, 8471 and 8473. For Illustrative Purposes Only. 'We' refers to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. 

Download the full document, which includes the chart of the week and insights on market developments. On pages 3 and 4, we further recap equity sector, size and style returns, global index returns, as well as rates and spread movements and a monthly snapshot of global equity valuations.

Weekly Market Monitor
The Market Monitor features a thematic chart and highlights key economic events and data releases driving the past week’s market moves.
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