Jealousy Clouds Judgment When it Comes to Goldman
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 10/16/2009

You always want to be in the middle. If you fall back too far, failure looms large but if you outperform the pack, you become the poster boy for greed. Just ask Goldman. Lloyd Blankfein's firm has become the favorite whipping boy of the populist media. Yesterday, the bank reported a profit of $3.19 billion for the quarter (those are almost oil company numbers). The bonus compensation pool for the year will be north of $20 billion, the highest ever. Most of the media coverage has expressed anger and outrage. But the true emotion in play here is jealousy and everybody is just trying their best to masquerade it. More >

Goldman Sachs Scores Big Profit
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 7/14/2009

While markets remain fragile, some companies are emerging from the ashes much better than expected. It seems like it was just yesterday that the government was forking over billions of dollars to financial companies to prevent a total catastrophe in the economy. Goldman Sachs appears to be ahead of its counterparts. First, it paid back the bailout funds it received in record time and now the company has reported earnings that more than beat Wall Street's expectations. The company reported a 33 percent increase in second-quarter profits on Tuesday. How was the company able to report such impressive profits during troubling times? Should taxpayers be concerned or happy about the company's turnaround? More >

Time to Believe in Goldman Again?
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 3/24/2009

There is a lot going on at Goldman Sachs. Now would be a good time to evaluate what the immediate and intermediate future looks like for the securities giant as well as get a sense of how the firm managed to get through the worst of times. As detailed in Barrons latest cover piece, it is now safe to say that Goldman and Morgan Stanley (MS: Charts, News, Offers) are survivors. There was a time last September that the prognosis was not too good. But they pulled through (with a little help from friends) and now Goldman reportedly is on the verge of making some key strategic decisions which include bringing some Chinese money back home, attempting to get rid of those omnipresent government officials and making a huge splash in the ETF market. More >

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Goldman Sachs Global Alpha Fund falls 22.5%   9/14/2007

Goldman Sachs Resuscitates Hedge Fund   8/13/2007