Lauren Goodwin is an economist and the Chief Market Strategist at New York Life Investments. She leads the firm’s Global Market Strategy team, and is responsible for economic and market research, asset allocation, and thought leadership to empower investment decision-making.

Lauren’s research focuses on the investment implications of an evolving macroeconomic and capital markets environment. She has written extensively on global economic developments, policy, portfolio construction, megatrends, and geopolitics. Lauren authored the CFA Institute’s curriculum on Geopolitical Risk.¹ Lauren is a member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle – a highly regarded program for select intellectually curious, motivated, and philanthropic professionals.

Lauren has a unique ability to explain complex economic and market issues in a relatable and actionable way. She regularly represents the firm as a keynote speaker at conferences and in television and print media outlets such as: Bloomberg, CNBC, the New York Times, Nikkei, and the Wall Street Journal. She is a host of the firm’s economic and market podcast, Market Matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Lauren held economist positions at JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Frontier Strategy Group, and the OECD. She is a CFA Charterholder, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California and holds a Master’s Degree in International Economics from Johns Hopkins.

1. “Introduction to Geopolitical Risk”, tested in CFA Level 1 exams