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Behind the scenes at USJ. And I thought Goldman Sachs was a MICKEY MOUSE outfit! [cymbal] Aythangyoo. -bin/nb20090115n2.html

TOKYO, Dec 19 - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Friday it would tender its stake in Sanyo Electric Co to Panasonic Corp, after Panasonic announced its offer to buy Sanyo shares for 131 yen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

(4-traders.com) By Jonathan Stempel The new bank will be called Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and include Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co, the banking department...-SACHS-GRP-12831/news/GOLDMAN-SACHS-GRP-Goldman-Sachs-wins-NY-state-banking-charter-13084465/

The potential play lists were getting ridiculously strong the last few weeks, but now with the market dying every single day, there’s just not much strength out there for me to short into. Patience,... Visit TimothySykes.com to read full article with comments

Goldman Sach's CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, stated that the company will not change its strategy now that it has become a bank. Goldman's shares have declined in recent weeks, over concerns that increased regulation will drastically lower its potential profits.

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Goldman Sachs on Monday cut its India growth estimate to 6.7 per cent from 9 per cent in the year ending March 2009 due to the knock-on effects of the global financial crisis.“The larger-than-expected shock to the financial sector over the past couple of months and its knock-on effects on both domestic and external demand are responsible for our lower growth projections,” the investment bank s

A few more changes were made to the Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy list early this week. Firstly, Arcelor Mittal (MT) was added to the Conviction Buy List. Schlumberger (SLB) was also added to the buy list with a new price target of $59. Schlumberger, as we've detailed here on Market Folly, has a heavy concentration of hedge fund ownership, including the likes of Boone Pickens' BP Capital, Stephe

Financial giant Goldman Sachs (GS) held its own relative to other large financial institutions who suffered worse or collapsed entirely.  Although Goldman recently broke beneath $100 per share recently, it might be worth looking at this stock’s recent journey to see if we can glean any insights. Goldman Sachs (GS) Daily Chart: The daily chart is clearly [...]

NEW YORK - GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc. is cutting about 10 per cent of its work force amid the ongoing downturn in the credit and lending markets, a person briefed on the plan said on Thursday.Goldman Sachs will cut about 3,260 jobs. Goldman's work force, which was at record high levels at the end of the third quarter, will be pared back close to 2006 and 2007 levels. No additional cuts are planned,

FT india - RBI cuts repo rateThe Reserve Bank of India on Monday unexpectedly cut its key short-term lending rate by 100 basis points to 8.0 per cent to alleviate pressures caused by the global financial crisis and maintain financial stability.The cut, its first in more than four years, will take effect immediately and follows a slew of measures taken by policy makers in recent weeks to shore up d

-cuts-growth-forecasts-several-emerging/story.aspx?guid=%7BAB998D5A%2DC7B9%2D4C45%2D96B6%2D2AADE7DF7FB1%7D&dist=hplatest NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Goldman Sachs has lowered its 2009 economic growth forecasts for several emerging markets, including Russia, Turkey, South Africa and Kazakhstan, citing falling oil prices, the worsening outlook for growth in major markets and the recent deepe

Goldman Sachs yesterday made some changes to its Conviction Buy List. They added Kimberly Clark (KMB) to the buy list and removed Herbalife (HLF) from the list.Taken from Google Finance, KMB is "a global health and hygiene company. The Company is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of a range of health and hygiene products around the world." And, HLF is "a global network marketing company

Reliance Power cmp: Rs 137.55 target price: Rs 115 Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research has initiated coverage on the stock with a “sell” rating, saying the current market price does not fully reflect the risks entailed in the timely execution and profitability of the company’s 28.2GW capacity addition plan. “Back-ended capacity addition entails high risks on account of execution, fuel

It has long been thought that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was going to escape this credit crisis mostly unscathed and that the firm would never have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Do you think Goldman got favorable treatment? Do you think Paulson helped Goldman navigate the

La operación rebaja la tensión en unos mercados habituados a las malas noticias. Warren Buffett, en un audaz golpe para inyectar confianza en el futuro financiero de Estados Unidos, anunció una inversión de 5.000 millones de dólares en Goldman Sachs, uno de los bancos que mejor han resistido el seísmo de Wall Street. El magnate y [...]ShareThis

Some Late Breaking News On Goldman Sachs and Warren BuffettThe "Oracle of Omaha", Warren Buffett, has agreed to invest at least $5 billion into Goldman Sachs in the form of perpetual preferred stock that is paying 10%. He is also receiving warrants to buy $5 billion in Goldman Common at a strike price of $115. The fact that Buffett, a conservative investor who only invests where he has a high leve

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Goldman Sachs is in look out for funding and finally they have some good news from oracle of omaha , It will receive a $5 billion funding from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, an investment that could also raise confidence in the venerable Wall Street firm.Then its going to do sale of common stock to raise [...]

Say it ain't so............I have money in BRK.B and I also have a Global Fund with Goldman Sachs"Buffett is saying that, with less leverage and more stable sources of funding, this is an institution worth investing in," according to Dorsey. "From Buffett's perspective you have a world-class firm in a less-competitive landscape, with a hopefully less-risky business model." Warren Buffett is known

Goldman Sachs (GS) shares are surging in after hours trading on Monday 09/22/08, up $15 or 12% from the closing price on Monday 09/23/08, on word that Warren Buffet through Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), is buying $5 billion in Goldman Sachs preferred shares. The shares closed at $125.05 in regular trading. The shares will pay a 10% [...]

Tras la reciente “crisis bancaria internacional” se ha roto el “modelo de banca de inversiones norteamericano”. En el país de las barras y estrellas había, desde la época de la Gran Recesión, una normativa bancaria que impedía a un mismo banco “desarrollar labores de banca tradicional” y a la vez “desarrollar labores de banca de inversiones”, por lo que las diferentes enti

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley have transformed themselves into bank holding companies. The change in status allows the last two major independent investment banks on Wall Street to take advantage of different accounting rules, gives them more access to federal funds and buys them time to stabilize their funding base by acquiring deposits.The move was aimed to improve market confidenc

Both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanely, currently the largest independent investment banks in the U.S., have now become banks. As banks they will be subject to far greater regulations by the Federal Reserve. The move allows the two companies to be able to finance their activities with insured deposits; however, now they will no longer be able to leverage as much capital in order to make the huge

There are two parts to this answer:1) Technically the answer to this question is Yes. Your accounts are safe at these investment banks (the latter two now called bank holding companies). Even if they go through a merger, acquisition or they fail altogether, your account will still exist. SIPC insurance will cover any loss of securities in the event they are not properly accounted for once the tran

Over the weekend, the federal reserve agreed to convert the two premier investment banks, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley into bank holding companies. This means that Wall Street, traditional known as a collection of less regulated independent firms that buy and sell securities will not exists anymore. Once Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are converted, [...]

NY Post - Markets were 500 trades from a meltdown. Had the Fed and Treasury not quickly stepped into the fray that morning with a quick $105 billion injection of liquidity, the Dow Jones Index could have collapsed to the 8,300-level - a 22 percent decline!According to traders, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, money market funds were inundated with $500 billion in sell orders prior to the o

From Bloomberg:The Wall Street that shaped the financial world for two decades ended last night, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley concluded there is no future in remaining investment banks now that investors have determined the model is broken. The Federal Reserve's approval of their bid to become banks ends the ascendancy of the securities firms, 75 years after Congress separated

The Federal Reserve on Sunday 09/21/08, announced that it has approved the applications of Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) to become bank holding companies, pending a five-day waiting period. As a result, both firms will become financial holding companies under the Bank Holding Company Act. Both currently operate as investments banks and are less [...]

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The Federal Reserve Bank said it had approved the transformation of both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs from investment banks to traditional bank holding companies, a step that would place the last two Wall Street titans under the close supervision of national bank regulators, subjecting them to new capital requirements and additional oversight. The steps effectively mark the end of Wall Street

By Michael Flaherty HONG KONG, Sept 19 - Kookmin Bank has hired Merrill Lynch to advise the South Korean lender on the sale of stakes in the group after its restructuring, sources said on Friday,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs (GS) has held up remarkably well throughout the 2008 Financial sector decline, but even it is now not immune from sharply and rapidly declining prices, as the markdowns in the Financial sector continues.  Let’s look at the multi-time frame charts of Goldman (GS) to see if there’s any clues or to assess what’s [...]

I forgot to post this up on Friday since there was so much going on. Amidst all that news, we saw that Transocean (RIG) was added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List. They removed Halliburton (HAL) and swapped RIG in its place. Goldman's new price target on RIG is $178 due to its tie to oil, where they see strong long term fundamentals (obviously).I definitely agree with them on this call as I

A few weeks old, but still relevant. Some nice weekend reading here.

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MER) is trading down 6% or so in pre-market after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock to a SELL rating and put shares on its... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has been an incredible performer among the bulge bracket investment banking firms during the entire credit meltdown and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

For the record, I remain bearish on Goldman; however, these levels (155) have presented great buying opportunities lately. Either way, it presents a low risk setup - place a stop below 152.59.Get rich on that - tomorrow I'll present a way to play the recent run up in the US dollar using credit spreads with a decent risk/reward. OptionSpot

Financials look worse everyday. Today's AIG move, along with Lehmann's precipitous fall is alarming. I am looking to get out of my Goldman Sachs (GS). Everyone keeps talking about the fact that these... Visit for FREE access to this and a lot more.

Is there a bank out there now who has not hired Goldman Sachs (GS) as an adviser? Wachovia(WB) recently disclosed that it hired Goldman as an adviser to help is get out from it's huge portfolio of troubled loans. They join Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) Washington Mutual (WM), National City (NCC) and State Street(STT) who turned to Goldman for advice and to raise money as conditions and loans portf

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Goldman Sachs ha remitido una nota a sus clientes en la que baja el precio objetivo de Santander, BBVA, Sabadell, Popular y Bankinter. El precio objetivo de Banco Santander baja un -13,2%, hasta los 23,8 euros y pasa de  de ‘comprar‘ a ‘neutral’, el precio de BBVA baja un -14,3%, hasta los 16,2 euros, Banco Sabadell [...]

Goldman Sachs has come out with some positive calls in the communications technology group, and one of the stocks has been given an upgrade. Specifically,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

GS. 170 seems like the next obvious target but I like it all the way down to 160. I don't like entering any trade that isn't elbows-to-assholes against its trendline, as tempting as it is, so I will try to show some patience here. Hopefully we see some sort of one day bounce or short-covering rally back to GS 180. This is just one example of a good looking chart but a lot of things broke down o

Goldman Sachs has been negative on Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) and on XM Satellite Radio Holdings inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) on a basis that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

We already noted how Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has raised its average oil prices for the years ahead, but the firm has also raised its OIL SERVICES Sector... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has raised its Brent Crude average oil prices for the years ahead. The firm has increased its price forecasts to reflect a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Associated Press June 17, 2008, 12:46PM ETFour major hurdles must be crossed before a broad recovery in the banking sector, and that might not occur for another six to nine months, according to a new research report from Goldman Sachs.The sector is only likely to rebound broadly when credit costs have stabilized, banks complete a process of recapitalization, consensus estimate ranges for earni

The U.S investment bank Goldman Sachs has issued a report to hail the State Bank of Vietnam’s decision on raising the basic interest rate to 14% from 12% June 11 and devaluing Viet Nam dong by 2%. The move goes in right track to lower credit growth and curb inflation pressures, Goldman Sachs said. The hiked interest... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings that beat expectations, yet the stock completed a classic “Gap Fade” as I suspected it might.  Let’s take a snapshot of today’s action so far. The one-minute chart shows the gap-fade trade clearly, such that instead of BUYING when the earnings news was reported early this morning, your best trade would [...]

Goldman Sachs (GS) announed EPS of $4.58, higher than consensus expectations of $3.42. Revenue also beat coming in at $9.42 billion against Wall St.'s guess of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Financial giant Goldman Sachs (GS) reports earnings tomorrow, and while they’re expected to report lower profits, investors see a silver lining in the earning reports, and have been bidding the stock higher.  What could happen tomorrow? Let’s take a three-timeframe view of the stock before earnings, starting with the 15-minute chart, which reflects the ‘bid-up’ that [...]

Bloomberg Banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plan to sell loans used in the leveraged buyout of Endemol NV, the Dutch television producer of ``Big Brother,'' for as little as 72.5 cents on the dollar, said four people with knowledge of the deal. The lenders are offering 2.2 billion euros ($3.4 billion) of senior loans that financed the 2.6 billion-euro acquisition to investors, accordin

Goldman Sachs has made some changes to its highly watched "CONVICTION" lists this morning. Lorillard (NYSE: LO) and State Street (NYSE: STT) were both added to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

First, it was legendary oilman Boone Pickens who uttered the obscenity. Now, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have joined in the chant. Reuters reported today that according to Jeffrey Currie, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, the price of crude oil is likely to reach $150 a barrel this summer [...]

Oil Price Superspike Coming Soon - Goldman Exec Last Update: 6/9/2008 12:55:57 AM KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)–The global crude oil price “superspike” predicted several years ago is coming sooner because of strong demand and low inventories, a senior executive at Goldman Sachs (GS) said Monday. “The market is going to climb higher and higher until someone (global consumers) say

Due to slowing GDP growth in the West, especially in the US, and constant and rapid GDP growth in the BRIC nations, their portion of the global economy will be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Alltel may soon be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), according to a breaking news report from CNBC's David Faber. Faber just noted that the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Viet Nam may speed up the pace of the dong's decline to prevent the currency from becoming ``excessively overvalued'' because of soaring inflation, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Deutsche Bank AG said the currency will weaken as much as 30% in the coming months, extending this year's 1.5% loss. Consumer prices have risen at the fastest pace in 16 years while the trade deficit has tripled

Vietnamese may shun domestic assets and buy dollars and gold, freezing up the domestic economy on concern that the government won't be able to rein in spiraling inflation, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Policy makers plan to keep the benchmark interest rate at 12% this month after two increases this year, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other con

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc announces Gary L. Paxton, President and CEO to Participate in Goldman Sachs Conference.Read more...

Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp. was going to be the first real special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC or blank check company, from Goldman Sachs Group... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The head of the Indonesian Investment Coordination Board still scratches his head over why more money isn't rushing into Southeast Asia's biggest economy. Why, he asks, do Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRICs, get more attention?``I was shocked a few years back to see that Indonesia was not a BRIC,'' Lutfi said on May 22 at a EuroMoney conference in Bali. ``It should be.''Lutfi's v

The infamous Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List is reserved for only the most select companies. The tendency is for the list to be immediate buys to take advantage of catalysts that may be in store... [Full Article on Website]

Goldman Sachs has issued a research report noting that Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) are likely going to need to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs (GS), king of the oil bulls, has raised its forecast for oil prices in the second half of this year to $141 from a previous estimate of $107. For... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

American Intl Group Cut To Neutral From Buy By Goldman Sachs Last Update: 5/12/2008 6:49:07 AM (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires May 12, 2008 06:49 ET (10:49 GMT)

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has come out and updated its "oil super-spike" prices today. In fact, it ponders whether or not the super-spike end game has begun. We... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs is not immune to the large losses in the financial sector either. Sources indicate that the company has been quietly reducing its number of financial positions well above the previously announced 5 percent it stated last month. The company affirmed that its number of positions will drop temporarily in-line with current economic conditions.

Goldman Sachs acquired 8.16% stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV), last week, reports Business Lines.The global firm has acquired the stake when an open offer by the company is going to start shortly. It was scheduled to start on February 12 and close on Mar. 3, 2008 but has been delayed.At the end of last year, Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy, promoters of NDTV, announced an open offer to acquire 20% equity stake of the company for Rs 438.98 a share, worth Rs 5.50 billion.The open offer followed the promoters` acquisition of 7.73% stake from GA Global Investments in December. Prannoy Roy bought the stake of 4,836,000 shares from the PE Fund. This increased the stake of the promoters to 61% from 53.3% the company.Shares of NDTV declined Rs 4.25, or 1.01%, to end at Rs 416.5. The total

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has seen shares downgraded at Goldman Sachs this morning. The brokerage firm cut its already cautious Neutral rating down to a new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Viet Nam's accelerating inflation poses a threat to the economy's expansion and may prompt the government to take tougher measures to contain consumer-price gains, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The Southeast Asian nation's inflation rate rose to 19.4% in March, the highest since 1995, amid surging food... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This morning, Goldman Sachs has made a key call to its industrials sector. It is adding Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to its Industrials Favorite Value List.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

NEW YORK - GOLDMAN Sachs Group Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said on Thursday markets are probably in the late stages of the global credit crisis that began last summer, but he would not predict when it will end.'We're closer to the end than the beginning,' Mr Blankfein said at the bank's annual shareholder meeting. 'I think we're getting to that point where people are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.' He estimated the markets are more than half way to recovery, but declined to forecast how long the crisis would persist.'Maybe we're at the end of the third quarter, beginning of the fourth quarter,' he said, though he cautioned that a recovery may still take a long time.'If you watch sports, sometimes there's a lot of timeouts in the fourth quarter. It takes longer to play than

Goldman Sachs has made a change in its oil services sector expectation this morning: It has raised Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) to Buy from Neutral and has raised... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Nothing ever goes wrong at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Their uncanny ability to do well irratates thei competitors to the point of distraction. Due to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs has made some changes in coverage to its consumer products universe. The bulge bracket brokerage firm favors Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Sachs has issued a call on its asset manager universe, and says it's time to go on the offensive. Its rating on the group is now attractive. The bulge... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Goldman Sachs said it’s selectively upgraded financials, notably brokers and asset managers, but is remaining cautious on regional banks, mortgage and specialty finance and REITs. “We have reached an inflection for stocks with little credit exposure, or where exposure is marked to market,” the broker said. “We expect the problem to shift from brokers to regional [...]

US Brokers Raised To Attractive From Neutral By Goldman Sachs Last Update: 4/8/2008 6:11:23 AM (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires April 08, 2008 06:11 ET (10:11 GMT)

In lieu of the recent predictions that the Prince made for future investment banking regulation, there are new developments that warrant his commentary.  First, by and large, the predictions made by the Prince ended up being part of Paulson’s plan for more regulation of the financial services industry.  The idea the Prince would most like to focus on here is the thought that regulators, which could be the Fed in the future, are going to demand more capital and lower leverage on investment bank’s balance sheets. The regulators are going to make these demands in light of the bailout of Bear Stearns and the perception that leverage combined with non liquid assets on an investment bank’s balance sheet could lead to another investment bank getting killed in the futur

ALCOA, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is seeing shares trade higher ahead of its earnings report after today's close. Goldman Sachs appears to be the initial reason as it has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Goldman Tops Global M&A Rankings, Citi Leads Europe - Thomson Last Update: 3/27/2008 8:01:00 PM LONDON (Dow Jones)–Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) advised on the most merger and acquisition deals worldwide in the first quarter of this year, according to data released Friday from Thomson Financial. The bank worked on 81 deals worth $231.5 billion, followed in the second and third [...]