Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Are bank bonuses excessive?

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

Filed under: Other issues , Management , Industry , Employees , Market matters , Money and Finance Today , Personal finance , Recession Wall Street is getting back to normal. How do we know that? One gauge: measuring Wall Street's health is the amount of bonuses bank employees receive. Here are just a few numbers that reflect how Wall Street is doing: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE GS ) set aside $16.7...

Why does Geithner always take calls from the big three bankers?

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C) , JPMorgan Chase (JPM) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Financial Crisis Who does our Treasury Secretary speak to most of the time? Yup. You guessed it. It's the big three bankers. Who are they? First, we have Lloyd Blankenstein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE GS ). Then we have Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Company (NYSE JPM ) and then CEO, Vikam Pandt of...

Short Interest Update on Goldman Sachs

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009

Jessica Johnson submits: The short interest (as measured by Percent Shares Outstanding On Loan) for Goldman Sachs Group Inc ( GS ) has decreased 13.9% over the past week and now stands at 1.11%. This is up 37.72% from the 52 week low hit on November 4, 2008. When compared to other North America Capital Markets companies, the short base is well below the average of 4.67% for the sector. Over the past...

Fund manager Paulson bought Goldman, B.of.A. stock

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hedge fund manager John Paulson's firm bought up bank stocks, including shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Bank of America Corp. , and State Street Corp. , in the second quarter, according to a securities filing late Wednesday. New York-based Paulson & Co. also added to its first-quarter stake in J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and to holdings in some gold companies,...

REFILE-Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often last fall-NYT

Financial24 (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009

CHICAGO, Aug 8 - Former U.S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had frequent conversations with Goldman Sachs Group Inc's chief executive during last fall's financial crisis, raising questions about his ties to his former firm, according to a New York ...

REFILE-Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often last fall-NY Ti

Financial24 (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009

CHICAGO, Aug 8 - Former U.S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had frequent conversations with Goldman Sachs Group Inc's chief executive during last fall's financial crisis, raising questions about his ties to his former firm, according to a New York ...

Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often last fall-NY Times

Financial24 (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009

CHICAGO, Aug 8 - Former U.S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had frequent conversations with Goldman Sachs Group Inc's chief executive during last fall's financial crisis, raising questions about his ties to his former firm, according to a New York ...

New York Times hires Goldman to advise on Boston Globe sale

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009

Filed under: Deals , New York Times'A' (NYT) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT ) has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS ) to "explore a potential sale" of the New England Media Group, according to a document filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). New England Media Group includes such assets as the Boston Globe , which was purchased...

Is This Statistically Reasonable? (GS)

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009

Remember what was said about Madoff when people started looking at his operation? There were only two possible explanations for the firm's apparently never-losing trading: They were either front-running or cheating in some other fashion, or the entire thing was a gigantic ponzi scheme. We later learned that #2 was the case. But is there an example of #1 somewhere? Hmmmm.... Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman...

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Goldman CEO urges staff to spend with discretion

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has urged staffers to spend money with discretion this year as the public is upset with the huge planned bonus pools for banks many believe would not have survived without taxpayer bailouts, the New York Post reported on Tuesday. The report said that Blankfein began cautioning staff last year about lavish spending,...

Will business pull us out of the recession?

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009

Filed under: Forecasts , Industry , Recession Will business pull us out of the recession? Some analysts think we are headed that way. Businesses have slashed $141 billion in inventories in the past month. Is this enough? Will businesses now start rebuilding inventories? If so, it could be just the right medicine to jump start the economy. Let's take the auto industry. Inventory levels are low and...

Goldman Electronic Trading Head: More Regulation Needed

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- As high frequency trading continues to proliferate, the head of the powerful electronic trading desk at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) says it may be time to rethink regulation in this new trading landscape.

Goldman Vs. CFTC: Position Limits Appear To Be A When, Not An If

24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009

We may soon see if Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GS) contention on Capitol Hill today that government attempts to curb market energy speculation will have unwanted consequences. All signs point to the CFTC putting in trade position limits by the fall; and those unwanted consequences may affect exchanges and the government as much if not [...]

As Goldman Sachs Downgrades Morgan Stanley, Downgrades Itself (GS, MS)

24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009

This morning came a key analyst downgrade, in the brokerage firm sector itself. The analyst team at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) went out with a downgrade in shares of rival Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The rating was cut to Neutral from Buy. But the reality is that when a bulge bracket brokerage [...]

Goldman Sachs opposes limits on commodities trade

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009

As regulators consider setting limits on commodities trading to rein in excessive speculation, a managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says participation in the energy markets by index investors and other financial participants has brought new capital and liquidity to the markets and should not be limited.

Black Monday On Wallstreet

shugaray | 09/15/2008

Black Monday On Wallstreet

It's Official: Merrill Next

beris | 11/15/2007

It's official, John Thain is a new CEO of Merrill Lynch ( MER ). Below is a statement just issued by Merrill. John A. Thain Named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch Last update: 11/14/2007 4:06:01 PM NEW YORK, Nov 14, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (MER) today announced that John A. Thain, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Member of Management Committee of

'Wanna Go Financial'? Go Suisse!

beris | 10/31/2007

You want to be brave? You desperately want to go financial? Then go Suisse! Without further detailed and elaborated discussion how beaten down financial stocks and investments banks are, where one’s portfolio loaded with financia... more [[THIS IS A CONTENT SUMMARY ONLY. Click on the link for the full story, full links, analysis, charts, and more]]