“Most upside against our estimates came from equity trading as with Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. The positive surprise ... was that mortgage trading results were actually up on last year.”
Chris Meyer
“Those who claim I hate Jews must explain why I bow to Carl Sagan & Christopher Hitchens. What I hate is incomprehensible greed and what I begrudge is each breath a sociopath takes.”
Bobby W. Miller
“It was a very strong quarter for Goldman, which was what I had expected. Their equity trading is what really carried the day, as I suspect it did for many Wall Street firms with good trading floors.”
Hal Schroeder
“The dominant banks in China are trading at two to three times price to book, so Goldman is buying at half the level.”
Alan Richardson
“It's really to create a currency that they can use for acquisitions. Goldman is looking at a number of strategic ways for them to expand into different product areas.”
Gary Goldstein
“I have always been, and will forever be, a rebel with a cause few Americans care about: justice for all.”
“You spoke with (one Goldman Sachs employee) and told him to say nothing and listen to your version of the story. You then told him you would be interested in calling Goldman Sachs witnesses to make sure they were in agreement with your story.”
John Hueston
