10 Industry Themes for 2026 & Focus Stocks Going Forward (Mid-Year Update)

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10 Industry Themes for 2026 & Focus Stocks Going Forward (Mid-Year Update)

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22 June 2026 | 3:37AM EDT

AMERICAS: TECHNOLOGY: INTERNET & INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

10 Industry Themes for 2026 & Focus Stocks Going Forward (Mid-Year

Update)

As we reach the mid-point of 2026, we take the opportunity to revisit our year Eric Sheridan

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ahead preview published in December 2025 (link) inclusive of a refresh of our eric.sheridan@gs.com

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framing of the top 10 themes for our coverage universe in the coming 12-18

Alex Vegliante, CFAmonths. We also update our companion slide deck available here. In our recent post +1(212)934-1878 |

Q1 2026 earnings review (link), we discussed our view that investor breadth (in terms alex.vegliante@gs.comGoldman Sachs & Co. LLC

of gross and net exposure, and as reflected in weaker YTD stock performance for Julia Fein-Ashley

most names within our coverage) and focus has narrowed into three distinct (though +1(212)902-5070ashley@gs.com | julia.fein-

somewhat overlapping) debates: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Aarshiya Sachdeva

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n The AI Investment Cycle – the application of capex/opex to scale foundational aarshiya.sachdeva@gs.com

models and compute, sources of capital to fund this investment cycle (including Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

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spend. Goldman Sachs India SPL

Emma Huang

n The Health of the Global Consumer – the level of mixed/softening datapoints +1(212)902-7229 | emma.huang@gs.com

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pressures on consumer wallets and competitive intensity for spend as the lines