Peter C. Oppenheimer

For other people named Peter Oppenheimer, see Peter Oppenheimer (disambiguation).

Peter C. Oppenheimer
Alma mater	London School of Economics (BSc)
Occupation(s)	Chief Global Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs

Peter C. Oppenheimer is chief global equity strategist and head of Macro Research in Europe within Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs. ^[1] Oppenheimer joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 as European and global strategist and was named managing director in 2003 and partner in 2006. He regularly appears in news outlets such as Financial Times, ^[2] CNBC, ^[3] The Guardian, ^[4] The Independent, ^[5] Bloomberg, ^[6] and Barron’s ^[7] among others as a finance strategist and expert.

Prior to joining the firm, Oppenheimer worked as managing director and chief investment strategist at HSBC and was previously head of European strategy at James Capel. Prior to that, he was chief economic strategist at Hambros Bank. Oppenheimer began his career as an economist at Greenwells in 1985. ^[8]

In 2020, Oppenheimer wrote the book The Long Good Buy: Analysing Cycles in Markets, which explores the differences between cyclical factors and secular trends in markets, and the specific factors that have emerged for investors since the financial crisis. ^[9] In 2024, Oppenheimer wrote his second book Any Happy Returns: Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets. The book discusses how structural changes in macroeconomic driers, geopolitics, government policy and social attitudes all combine to drive secular super cycles that help to explain investor returns. ^[10]

Background

Oppenheimer grew up in London where he attended Hendon School. He earned a BSc, first class, in Geography from the London School of Economics. ^[11] Oppenheimer is a trustee for the National Institute of Economic & Social Research (NIESR). He is also a trustee of The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, a children's nonprofit dedicated to providing training and support for child mental health services. ^[12]

Op-eds and publications

• Binder, Jessica; Nielsen, Anders Ersbak Bang; and Oppenheimer, Peter (2010). “Finding Fair Value in Global Equities: Part I.” 36(2), The Journal of Portfolio Management, 80 – 93. ^[13]
• Daly, Kevin; Nielsen, Anders Ersbak Bang; and Oppenheimer, Peter (2010). “Finding Fair Value in Global Equities: Part II—Forecasting Returns.” 36(3), The Journal of Portfolio Management, 56 – 70. ^[14]
• Nielsen, Anders Ersbak Bang; and Oppenheimer, Peter (2011). Valuation over the cycle and the distribution of returns. In In F. Fabozzi and H. Markowitz (Ed.), Equity Valuation and Portfolio Management. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ^[15]
• Oppenheimer, Peter (2017). “Importance of Timing Bear Market is Overstated,” Financial Times. ^[16]
• Oppenheimer, Peter (2012). “There is Life in This 'Investable' Rally,” Financial Times. ^[17]
• Oppenheimer, Peter (2024). "The cycle vs the trend: investors need to prepare for secular change," Financial Times. ^[18]

References

1. Amaro, Silvia (2018-04-04). "It is 'difficult' to see a recession any time soon, Goldman Sachs says". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
2. Defensive rally, May 2013, retrieved 2019-04-10
3. Meredith, Sam (2019-02-08). "Goldman Sachs: Don't expect significant stock market gains in 2019". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
4. "Arch-cassandra or ultra-Realist? | Money Observer | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
5. "Seeking signs of life" . The Independent. 2009-04-10. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
6. "There's Room to Run for Oil and Gas, Goldman Sachs Oppenheimer Says". www.bloomberg.com. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
7. DeCambre, Mark (10 September 2018). "A Stock Market Bear Signal Is Higher Than It's Been in Decades". www.marketwatch.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
8. "Peter Oppenheimer | Trustees". www.annafreud.org. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
9. Oppenheimer, Peter C. (2020-04-09). The Long Good Buy: Analysing Cycles in Markets (1 ed.). Wiley.
10. "Any Happy Returns: Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
11. "Arch-cassandra or ultra-Realist? | Money Observer | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
12. "Peter Oppenheimer | Trustees". www.annafreud.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
13. Oppenheimer, Peter; Nielsen, Anders Ersbak Bang; Binder, Jessica (2010-01-31). "Finding Fair Value in Global Equities: Part I" . The Journal of Portfolio Management. 36 (2): 80–93. doi:10.3905/JPM.2010.36.2.080. ISSN   0095-4918. S2CID   155006797.
14. Oppenheimer, Peter; Nielsen, Anders Ersbak Bang; Daly, Kevin (2010-04-30). "Finding Fair Value in Global Equities: Part II—Forecasting Returns" . The Journal of Portfolio Management. 36 (3): 56–70. doi:10.3905/jpm.2010.36.3.056. ISSN   0095-4918. S2CID   154216295.
15. "Equity Valuation and Portfolio Management". www.edhec.edu. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
16. Oppenheimer, Peter (April 10, 2019). "Importance of Timing Bear Market is Overstated". Financial Times.
17. Oppenheimer, Peter (April 10, 2019). "There is Life in This 'Investable' Rally". Financial Times.
18. Oppenheimer, Peter (2024-02-02). "The cycle vs the trend: investors need to prepare for secular change". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-07-12.