Research @ Citi

Episode 74: China’s AI-Driven New Economy

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Poon Werkun, Citi's Head of Research for JANA and Asia South, sits down with Chief China Economist Xiangrong Yu and Head of Pan-Asia Internet Re...

Markets Edition: Active ETFs Move to Center Stage

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Chronert, head of U.S. Equity Strategy, sits down with Drew Pettit to discuss the ETF universe and an ongoing shift from traditional passive pro...

Episode 73: A Potential Solution for AI’s Memory Crunch?

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi's U.S. Regional Director of Research, sits down with Head of Semiconductor and IT Hardware Analysis Peter Lee to explore the implicatio...

Episode 72: Wild Cards – Tail Risk in an Increasingly Fragile World

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi's U.S. Region Director of Research, sits down with Head of G10 FX Strategy Dan Tobon to discuss wild cards for 2026. They explore a ran...

Markets Edition: The Middle East Conflict – Stagflation Risk

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Beata Manthey, Citi's Head of European Equity Strategy, is joined by Senior Equity Strategist David Groman to discuss the Middle East conflict, explor...

Episode 71: Infleqtion and the Quantum Opportunity

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi’s U.S. Director of Research, sits down with Infleqtion CEO Matthew Kinsella to discuss the latest advances in quantum computing, prog...

Markets Edition: Winds of Stagflation

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Saunders, Citi's Head of Global Quant Macro Strategy, welcomes Giammarco Miani of the Global Macro Strategy Team to discuss the potential for sta...

Episode 70: Consumer – From a Want to a Need

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, Citi's North America Head of Equity Research, is joined by Paul Lejuez, U.S. Head of Consumer Research, to discuss the retail sector and ...

Markets Edition: Energy – Independence or Interdependent?

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scott T. Chronert, Citi's Head of U.S. Equity Strategy, sits down with Anthony Yuen, Head of Energy Strategy, to discuss the Middle East conflict and ...

Episode 69: The Reality of Real Estate

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, North America Head of Equity Research, welcomes Nick Joseph, U.S. Real Estate and Lodging analyst, for an overview of themes and insights...

Markets Edition: The Iran Playbook

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Citi's Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, sits down with Adam Pickett, Head of Global Macro Strategy, to discuss develop...

Episode 68: The New GLP1-s. A Tough Pill to Swallow for Consumer

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, Citi’s North America Head of Equity Research, sits down with Filippo Falorni, U.S. Beverages, Household Products & Personal Care analys...

Markets Edition: Geopolitics on Edge – What Middle East Risks mean for Oil and Markets

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What could the escalating conflict in Iran and the Middle East mean for oil, commodities and global equity allocation? Amid fast-moving developments, ...

Episode 67: Megawatts & Megatrends – Nuclear’s Second Act

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Rowe, U.S. Regional Director of Research, sits down with Vikram Bagi, who oversees U.S. Alternative & Renewable Energy, to discuss the state of...

Markets Edition: The Revenge of Risk Parity

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Citi's Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, sits down with Alex Saunders, Head of Global Quant Macro Strategy, to survey t...

Episode 66: Japan General Election and Macro Implications

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Poon Werkun, Head of Research for JANA and Asia South at Citi, discusses Prime Minister Takaichi's "Sanaenomics" agenda and its macro implicatio...

Markets Edition: What About the Consumer?

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Chronert, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy, sits down with Paul Lejuez, who covers U.S. Department Stores & Specialty Softlines, Broadlines and Food...

Episode 65: You Can’t Spell Industrials Without “AI”

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, North America Head of Research, sits down with Andrew Kaplowitz, Head of U.S. Industrials Research, to discuss themes shaping Industrials...

Markets Edition: Mr. Warsh Goes to Washington

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Citi's Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, sits down with Alex Saunders, Head of Global Quant Macro Strategy, to discuss ...

Episode 64: Banking on the Future

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, Citi's North America Head of Equity Research, sits down with Keith Horowitz, Global Head of Banking, to discuss emerging trends in bankin...

Markets Edition: Hurdles to “Priced to Perfection”

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Beata Manthey, Citi's Head of European Equity Strategy, sits down with Senior Equity Strategist David Groman to discuss three topics shaping equity ma...

Episode 63: China & India Equities — Market Drivers and Risks in 2026

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Erica Poon Werkun sits down with Pierre Lau and Surendra Goyal to discuss the prospects for China and India equities in 2026. Topics include our views...

Markets Edition: Lessons and Views Post-Davos

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geopolitics and AI were big themes at Davos. An easing in Greenland tensions doesn’t necessarily mean USD weakness is behind us. For equities the AI...

Markets Edition: Expect a Persistent, But Volatile Bull

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Chronert and Drew Pettit discuss our 2026 outlook for U.S. equities and why we expect a fourth year for the current bull run. We also explore wh...

Episode 62: The Rise of Physical AI and What It Means for Us

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elise Badoy, Head of Europe, UK, Middle East and Africa Equity Research, sits down with Martin Wilkie, Head of Capital Goods Research, to discuss phys...

Markets Edition: How to Navigate 2026 Where Is Consensus for 2026 and What to Do About It?

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Early January is when investors put their money to work in line with their views for the year. A large part of that money goes into consensus trades, ...

Episode 61: Bullish with a Seatbelt — Risk Assets and Investment Themes for 2026

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, U.S. Regional Director of Research, sits down with Head of Research Lucy Baldwin to discuss investment themes for 2026. We see a reasonably ...

Episode 60: What’s Next for Quantum Computing with Noelle Ibrahim from IBM

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi's U.S. Regional Director of Research, sits down with IBM's Noelle Ibrahim to discuss the current state of quantum computing, IBM's road...

Episode 59: The U.S. Economy's Future: Soft Landing... or Hard Reality?

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Chronert, Citi’s Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, sits down with Global Chief Economist Nathan Sheets to discuss the 2026 economic outlook. Topic...

Markets Edition: European Outlook for 2026: When Cyclical Pickup Meets Fiscal Tailwinds

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elise Badoy, Head of Equity Research for Europe, UK, the Middle East and Africa, sits down with Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy, to di...

Episode 58: Airline Volatility - Smooth Skies or Turbulence

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, North America Head of Equity Research at Citi, sits down with John Godyn, Citi's Head of Aerospace, Defense and Airlines, to discuss the ...

Markets Edition: How to Navigate 2026

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Citi's Global Head of Macro, sits down with London Macro Head Adam Pickett to discuss asset allocation in 2026. The two explore why the y...

Episode 57: Decoding Gold's Surge, Crude Outlook & 2026 Commodity Power Plays

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Head of Research Lucy Baldwin sits down with Max Layton, Global Head of Commodities Research, to discuss a remarkable 2025 for commodities as well as ...

Markets Edition: The Model Moment

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Chronert, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy, sits down with Tushar Yadava, Head of Markets at BlackRock Model Portfolios, to discuss the substantial ...

Special Markets Edition: Boom or Bubble? The AI Debate

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, and Scott Chronert, U.S. Head Equity Strategy, sit down with Heath Terry, Global Head...

Episode 56: Thankful for Health - AI, Vaccines, and Weight loss

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, Head of North America Equity Research, and Global Head of Healthcare Geoff Meacham discuss where Healthcare stands after the third-quarte...

Markets Edition: Shutdown Over - Why Investors Should Care

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, and Alex Saunders, Head of Global Quant Macro Strategy, offer two reasons they think ...

Episode 55: In The Lap of Luxury

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elise Badoy, Citi's Head of EMEA Equity Research, and Thomas Chauvet, Global Consumer Discretionary and Luxury Goods, talk all things luxury. Their co...

Markets Edition: When Markets Wobble…

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy, sits down with Senior Equity Strategist David Groman to discuss what's behind the recent burst of vol...

Episode 54: Private Credit’s Trillion-Dollar Takeover — Growth, AI, & the Future

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi's U.S. Regional Director of Research, sits down with Michael Anderson, Head of Credit Strategy, to discuss the latest developments in p...

Markets Edition: A Jobless Recovery?

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, sits down with Adam Pickett, Head of the Global Macro Strategy team, to discuss the "...

Markets Edition: AI – No Bubble, Yet

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott T. Chronert, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy, and Drew Pettit of U.S. Equity Strategy discuss concerns about whether AI has led U.S. equities into ...

Episode 53: APEC at a Crossroad

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy Baldwin, Citi Head of Research, and Johanna Chua, Citi’s Global Head of Emerging Markets Economics, preview the APEC Summit by looking at the r...

Markets Edition: The Debasement Trade

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dirk Willer, Citi’s Global Head of Macro Strategy and Asset Allocation, and Alex Saunders, Citi’s Head of Global Quant Macro Strategy, consider th...

Episode 52: Government Shutdown vs. the U.S. Economy

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. Regional Director of Research Rob Rowe and Veronica Clark, Senior U.S. Economist, discuss the U.S. government shutdown, how it may affect the U.S...

Markets Edition: Volatility is Back

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy, and David Groman, Senior Global Equity Strategist, discuss why they see volatility in store for the m...

Episode 51: Are US Consumers Still Consuming?

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are U.S. consumers still consuming? That's the central question at hand in our latest Research @ Citi podcast. North America Head of Research Anne Mal...

Markets Edition: The Bubble Playbook

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest Research @ Citi Markets Edition podcast, Citi’s Global Head of Macro Strategy Dirk Willer and Adam Pickett, Global Quant Macro Strateg...

Episode 50: The Internet – Nothing's Going to be the Same

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest Research @ Citi podcast, North America Head of Equity Research Anne Malone sits down with Internet Analyst Ron Josey to discuss the pote...

Markets Edition: The AI Impact on U.S. Equities

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest Research @ Citi Markets Edition podcast, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy Scott Chronert sits down with Drew Pettit, U.S. Equity Strategy, t...

Episode 49: Back to School on Biotech

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, head of North America Equity Research, sits down with Geoff Meacham, U.S. pharma and biotech research analyst and head of healthcare rese...

Markets Edition: Cutting Into a Soft Landing – Lessons and Limits

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest Research @ Citi Markets Edition podcast, Global Head of Macro Strategy Dirk Willer and Global Head of Quant Macro Strategy Alex Saunders...

Episode 48: Productivity & the AI Revolution

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, U.S. Regional Director of Research, and Chief Economist Nathan Sheets discuss the findings of Citi’s recent Must C report on productivity ...

Markets Edition: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy, and David Groman, Senior Global Equity Strategist, discuss what's driving global equity markets and w...

Episode 47: Quantum Computing — Closer than You Think?

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, Citi's U.S. Director of Research, sits down with Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum, to discuss quantum computing. Topics covered range from th...

Markets Edition: Back to School – Navigating September Macro Headwinds

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this Research @ Citi Markets Edition, global macro strategists Dirk Willer and Adam Pickett examine three topics: the state of the U.S. economy and...

Episode 46: AI – The Apex Technology of the Information Era?

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Citi Head of Research Lucy Baldwin sits down with Heath Terry, Head of Tech and Communications Research, to discuss AI as the apex technology of the I...

Markets Edition: A Structural Bull Case for the S&P 500

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Research @ Citi Markets Edition delivers incisive insights into what’s shaping the financial markets today. In this inaugural edition, U.S. equi...

Episode 45: U.S. Economy and the Fed – What’s Next?

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe, U.S. Regional Director of Research and Head of Global Strategy and Macro Group, sits down with Chief U.S. Economist Andrew Hollenhorst for a...

Episode 44: The Great Energy Expansion

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone, North America Head of Research, sits down with Scott Gruber, who covers the U.S. Exploration and Production & U.S. Oilfield Services and ...

Episode 43: Where to Find a Safe Harbor In Turbulent Times

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brent Robinson sits down with Josh Williamson and Faraz Syed to discuss how Australia and New Zealand are faring amid current uncertainties. Conversat...

Episode 42: What's Next for Oil, Gold, and Metals? Part II

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are the dynamics Citi Research sees as driving gold prices? Is the selloff in oil markets done? Why is aluminum considered “power in the form o...

Episode 41: Riding The Rotation – Latin America’s Untapped Potential

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest Research @ Citi podcast, U.S. Director of Research Rob Rowe sits down with Director of Latin America Equity Research Andre Mazini to dis...

Episode 40: Big Beautiful Bill – Where is it heading?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest Research @ Citi podcast, U.S. Director of Research Rob Rowe sits down with Rob Sockin of our Global Economics team to discuss the Big Be...

Episode 39: Latin America – Where Politics Meets Prosperity

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest Research @ Citi podcast, Head of Research Lucy Baldwin sits down with Luis Costa, Head of Emerging Markets Strategy, to discuss Latin Am...

Episode 38: Renewable Energy – Headwinds and Tailwinds

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe talks with Alternative & Renewable Energy Analyst Vikram Bagri about the role of renewables in meeting the energy needs of the world. They to...

Episode 37: U.S. Economy – Debt, Duty & Dollars

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe talks with Veronica Clark of the U.S. Economics team about how the U.S. economy could be affected by tax-policy changes in the House reconcil...

Episode 36: Beyond the Basics in Financial Services

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone talks with U.S. Large Cap Banks Analyst Keith Horowitz about takeaways from Citi’s Beyond the Basics conference, recently held in Napa. ...

Episode 35: European Equities — What’s the Next Trade?

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

European equities have gone from being “most unloved” among global equities late last year, to being a source of diversification from U.S. equitie...

Episode 34: Follow the AI Chips to the Data Centers

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Malone talks with communications services and infrastructure analyst Michael Rollins about doubts that have crept into the markets concerning the...

Episode 33: U.S. Economy Vital Signs — Making Sense of Recent Data

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Rowe talks with Chief U.S. Economist Andrew Hollenhorst on his assessment of the U.S. economy following the April jobs report and May FOMC meeting...

Episode 32: Inside Wealth with Kate Moore

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Moore joined Citi Wealth earlier this year as Chief Investment Officer. In this episode, Kate shares her thoughts on the challenge of advising cl...

Episode 31: Snack Attack — The U.S. Migration to a Healthier Diet

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we turn our attention to the U.S. food industry, which is grappling with changing consumer habits, the impact of GLP-1 drugs, the “...

Episode 30: Tariffs — The Global Chain Reaction

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. tariffs under President Trump have reached their highest levels in roughly a century, drawing comparisons with the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ...

Episode 29: Europe’s Historic Growth Model Shift

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. tariffs are exerting an immediate impact on the financial markets, but they also have long-term consequences for economies — including a fu...

Episode 28: Quantum & Chips — NVIDIA Conference Takeaways

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is advancing at a blistering pace, impacting companies’ operating models and individuals’ daily lives. Rob Rowe, U...

Episode 27: What’s Next for the U.S. Economy?

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The new U.S. administration has moved apace in its first couple months with a full slate of executive orders. Amid all the action, policy uncertainty ...

Episode 26: The Future of Crypto

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Often viewed as esoteric and offbeat, crypto assets were once eschewed by traditional capital market participants. But last year’s regulatory approv...

Episode 25: Well Spent — A Consumer Health Check

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. retailers are reporting earnings for the final quarter of 2024, and so far they’re painting an overall picture of robust holiday sales. Meanwhi...

Episode 24: REIT or Wrong — Is Now the Time to Buy U.S. Real Estate?

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, are companies that own, operate or finance income-producing real estate. They are in a sense the “landlord ...

Episode 23: Built to Last — Five Themes Shaping the Industrials Sector

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Senior analyst Andrew Kaplowitz talks to Rob Rowe about the five themes he expects to be in focus at Citi’s Global Industrial Tech & Mobility Confer...

Episode 22: Can Autos Survive a Triple Threat?

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The auto industry is an incredibly competitive one to begin with, with more than 60 large manufacturers globally and a hundred or so brands between th...

Episode 21: Trade with China under Trump 2.0

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump is back in the White House, and his policy actions are being watched closely by the markets and the world at large. Trump’s tariff plan...

Episode 20: The Resilient Global Economy & Trump 2.0

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The global economy continues to defy expectations, powering ahead over the past couple years even amid interest rate hikes, geopolitical instability, ...

Episode 19: 2025 Outlook — Expecting a Volatile Bull

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How will U.S. equities perform in 2025? That’s the key question in our first episode of the year, where Rob Rowe talks to U.S. equity strategist Sco...

Episode 18: Cybersecurity — New Risks, Expanding Threats

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cybersecurity and its attendant threats have undergone a renaissance in the last decade. Enterprise cloud adoption, a work-from-anywhere culture, and ...

Episode 17: Dawn of a Healthcare Revolution?

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Citi’s Global Healthcare Conference is under way, and there’s no shortage of topics for discussion. In this episode, healthcare analysts Geoff Mea...

Episode 16: Tectonic Shifts — The New Era for Industrial Policy

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The global industrials sector is being reshaped by a series of distinct — yet interrelated — tectonic shifts, with critical implications for indus...

Episode 15: UK — Charting a Better Path

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The UK economy is broadly perceived to have stagnated, its growth having fallen behind that of many peer nations. Productivity growth in particular ha...

Episode 14: Trump 2.0 and the Markets

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump was elected to a second U.S. presidential term this week as the world watched the results unfold into the early hours of Wednesday mornin...

Episode 13: Money and Might — Financing the Future of Defense

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Defense spending is on the rise amid the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the United States is also looking to deter threats and ...

Episode 12: The Evolution of Sustainable Investment

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Despite media reports to the contrary, sustainable investment looks here to stay: an estimated $35 trillion in assets have a sustainable investment ma...

Episode 11: U.S. Consumer — Dining Out or Dining In?

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

America’s restaurant industry has endured dramatic change in recent years. Covid forced many restaurants to shut down, and the survivors had to adap...

Episode 10: What’s Next for Oil, Gold and Copper?

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oil, Gold and Copper — the “Commodity Trinity” — are of particular interest to the financial markets given their importance to the global econ...

Episode 9: AI in Software — A Multiplier or Subtractor?

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As artificial intelligence, or AI, continues to grab headlines, enterprise software companies are looking to prioritize AI-related projects with a vie...

Episode 8: The Digital Transformation of the Global Economy

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The digital transformation amounts to an ongoing shift from an economy that's characterized primarily by flows of physical “stuff” to one that’s...

Episode 7: The Big Picture Across Africa

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Africa’s share of global GDP is in the low single digits, but two factors in particular could prove transformative for its economy: positive populat...

Episode 6: U.S. Consumer — What’s in the Cart?

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After last year’s strong holiday season, U.S. financial markets were concerned that this year’s first-quarter retailer earnings might reveal a lul...

Episode 5: How ETFs Will Earn More of Your Assets

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, built their initial reputation as passive investment vehicles, and in that context they’ve matured —with a tradabl...

Episode 4: Inflation, Jobs, and the Path to U.S. Rate Cuts

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This year kicked off with financial markets expecting multiple rate cuts from the Fed, as a slowing trend in jobs growth and easing inflation expectat...