Micro vs. macro continued - momentum continues to unwind as energy prices rise further

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Micro vs. macro continued - momentum continues to unwind as energy prices rise further

Portfolio Strategy Research

21 July 2026 | 6:02AM BST

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Last week oil prices continued to climb amid the renewed dispersion within equities, defensive/quality styles such as Andrea Ferrario

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escalation in the Middle East (Exhibit 1). Energy products Low Vol and Dividend Aristocrats and real asset stocks such andrea.ferrario@gs.com

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such as gasoline and natural gas prices rose even higher and as REITs and Infrastructure delivered positive returns MTD,

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are now less than 10% below the YTD highs. While 2-year providing the best diversification opportunity this month - Mueller-Glissmann, CFA

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inflation pricing rose in Europe, it remained unchanged in the we continue to like those to create better balanced glissmann@gs.com

US thanks to a more hawkish Fedspeak and the benign June innovation-heavy portfolios.

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unwind extended further with S&P 500 Momentum Goldman Sachs International

modestly pro-risk over 12m (OW equities, N

underperforming the market by another 5% w/w. Giovanni Ferrannini

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