Julia Hermann is a Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategist at New York Life Investments. She sits on the Multi-Asset Solutions team, which manages $8.4B in combined assets (as of 9/30/2022), including MainStay’s Income Builder Fund, ETF Asset Allocation Funds, and bespoke investment solutions. 

Julia contributes to asset allocation and is responsible for economic and market research, thought leadership, and regular client engagement. She is the go-to contributor for New York Life Investments’ flagship podcast, Market Matters. 

Prior to joining the firm, Julia was a macro strategist at Cartica Management, an Emerging Markets investment firm. She is an alumna of Bloomberg’s New Voices media program and has been featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, and in Forbes. Julia graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, and holds a master’s degree in international economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).