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Goldman Says Sticking With Stocks Is Best Bet to Beat Inflation

The bank’s asset management arm recommends cyclical companies like financial firms and energy producers, along with European and emerging-market equities.

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Claire Ballentine

January 14, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is recommending investors keep the faith in stocks.

Equities offer the best opportunity to outperform inflation, the firm said in an Investment Ideas 2022 report. Cyclical stocks — like financials, energy and resources companies — are especially well-suited to benefit from rising prices, it said. These firms typically excel when the economy is doing well, or recovering from a crisis.