Macroeconomics

Weekly Market Monitor

January 2, 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: 2025 In Review

Supportive macro conditions and transformative investments in AI drove strong returns for global risk assets in 2025 despite significant volatility early in the year. At the same time, geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty fueled a sharp rally in gold, which rose over 60%, while global fixed income provided a ballast as key central banks cut policy rates. Although valuations are elevated across most asset classes, we believe that resilient growth, disinflationary progress, and AI advances will continue to support global markets, while fiscal concerns and political events sustain demand for gold.

Chart of the Week

Source: Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. As of December 31, 2025. Chart shows the year-to-date performance of different asset classes. “Gold” refers to the gold spot price quoted in US dollars per troy oz, “Intl Small Cap” refers to the S&P Developed Ex-US Small Cap Index,” EM Equity” refers to the MSCI EM Index, “DM Equity” refers to the MSCI EAFE Index, “US Large Cap” refers to the S&P 500 Index, “US Small Cap” refers to the Russell 2000 Index, “Global HY” refers to the Barclays Global High Yield Index, “Global IG” refers to the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index,  “US HY” refers to the Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Bond Index, “US IG” refers to the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index, “Cash” refers to the J.P. Morgan 1 Month Cash Index, “US Muni” refers to the Bloomberg Barclays Muni Index, “Bitcoin” refers to the spot price of Bitcoin quoted in US dollars,  “Oil” refers to the 1st Brent Crude contract. For illustrative purposes only. 'We' refers to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Please see additional disclosures at the end of this presentation.

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.
weekly market monitor
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