GS

DistributionBroad173

Every Goldman Sachs mutual fund historically underperforms its benchmark. You know who gets rich at GS? The partners, not their fund holders.

Patient-District-199

I agree, GS said sustained high oil would lead to 540 by year end, expect bounce from previous April high 610-590

Bossanova72

If you did any research on this topic after the dust settled you know that the big banks realized they were the ones with the majority of the counterparty risk. So what did they do: They greedily took the fees from Burry one the one hand and then slow played Burry to buy time to get out of their positions on the other hand. I think GS was the worst on both sides, but still coming out of it better off due to the bail outs. The funds they couldn’t liquidate were marked to 0 as losses and then the bailouts came. Except for Lehman. The sad reality of all of this BS is the big EU banks didn’t have as much knowledge of the CDSs (time asymmetry) and they needed larger bailouts. Yes, the American taxpayer bailed out many large EU banks. In these scenarios the last to sell end up with the worst positions and no buyers left in the market.

le_Derpinder

Plus the right hand and left hand of the "banks" aren't singular smart entities but a mixture of operational people, dumb mba people with a few smart people sprinkled in. To OP - If you watch Margin Call, you'll realize that some of these banks (GS I think) had these smart people that identified the risk and sold their positions in time.

Acrobatic-Song-3151

About fifteen years after two large reversals in GS and BA. GS was during financial crisis as I bought 10k clips every 10% down. I eventually ate that loss and flipped it all to SSO making up the 20k+ loss. BA was a decade later trading it between $300-$400. I made great money flipping it for a year and then the bottom fell out.  Now I’m lame, just trade macro news using ETFs and only individuals for sport. Except shorting the Vix…I’ve been real close to violating the 5% total net worth number on that play. 10k short right now using Svix and Vxx. 

AlGAdams

You thought the squeeze on GS was lit wait til the Treasury squeeze

SPAC_Time

[Vertiv Announces Expansion of Manufacturing Capacity Spanning Infrastructure Solutions, Power, and Rack Systems, to Meet Rising Demand](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vertiv-announces-expansion-of-manufacturing-capacity-spanning-infrastructure-solutions-power-and-rack-systems-to-meet-rising-demand-302723290.html) \- VRT VRT looks like the all time best performing deSPAC at this point. GS Acquisition Holdings Corp closed the business combination on February 7, 2020, a little over 6 years ago. VRT is around $271 today, up about 5% on today's PR. VRT was $60 in April of 2025.

Calls-me-maybe

Quick dumb question: Are you all day trading or trading options? I couldn't get my credit spreads filled on BLK, GS, or LITE. 🤷🏾‍♂️

smart_doge

I lowkey do not trust Goldman Sach’s Marcus account. I feel if I need to withdraw funds on a rainy day, GS is the kind that’ll do the shitty move to control my withdrawal like Private Equity. Wealthfront seems fine that way

Thebaxxxx

Today is what we call the "delay event" word got out that the crash is here and lifeboats were deployed so big players could get out without losing too much. GS and a few others do have to look after their clients after all. On monday these ships are long gone and thats why we will open in the mid 500's

teamyg

Banking sector is the most under-valued with PE about 15, some tickers to be considered GS, JPM, BAC and WFC. You want to stay with big banks, try to avoid fintech since they're exposed to private credit.

TJMBeav

Well. If I had motivated to walk to the book I would have bet on GS to cover at Boston.

ironexia

On costumer support w GS and it’s a bunch of Indians…where tf my switch 2?!

tomis_24

10 days ago, bitcoin was at $67k, now it is $74k. Risk-on trade is back! Don't believe me, look at gold. After this quad-witching week, the market can a rally. Looking at $GS for an earning play.

Full_Pear449

FEB,2026 "As of late February 2026, Goldman Sachs (GS) identified a sharp U.S. stock market correction as the **paramount near-term threat to 2026 economic growth**, surpassing traditional concerns like inflation. While GS remained generally constructive on equities for 2026, they warned that a significant correction could reverse the "wealth effect" that has been fueling consumer spending, leading to significant headwinds.  Read the entire posting from them. It must suck not being one of the 1%, and reading this. They say somewhere between 10-20% correction off the top . but, still maintaining an overall 12% return for the year.

tomis_24

Buying $GS puts at the open works for a few days now.

Gefilte_F1sh

>The SEC fines the likes of JP, MS, GS every other year to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. These companies employ hundreds if not thousands of compliance officers. Sounds like a calculated decision. They clearly profit more than the fines total or they'd fix the problem.

RookieMistake101

The SEC fines the likes of JP, MS, GS every other year to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. These companies employ hundreds if not thousands of compliance officers. I’ve dealt with a number of SEC head aches from the custodian side (Goldman in our case). Yea they come down on the big boys too. It’s why the financial advice and offerings you get from a JP advisor may be so vanilla.

tomis_24

$GS is being held down!

Bam2458

Everyone thinks red week, so probably green week. They should hire me at GS.

ga643953

Do you think GS's projections are ever adjusted for inflation?

ga643953

GS says oil to $200 every single time but I don't think we've actually seen crude hit $200 throughout our history.

ub3rm3nsch

GS can be wrong, but in this case I agree with them.

elpresidentedeljunta

If so, buy. They are actually killing it. Morgan Stanley is hiring new staff, because they are overwhelmed by the demand for deals in Hong Kong. And that credit talk is in part strategic. JP is trying to hurt more exposed actors like GS. Don´t get me wrong. I´ve been saying we are overvaluating the us economy by a large shot for a while. But banks won´t be where the pain is.

joe4942

Very interesting interview with Jeff Currie, former head of commodities at GS: > “There is no policy response that can stop this ascent in crude — none,” Jeff Currie, chief strategy officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle Group, told Bloomberg on Wednesday. > Global supply chains have been disrupted all over the world as a result of the Iran conflict, Currie said in the Bloomberg interview. Ships are in the wrong places, insurance policies on those ships have been canceled, and production has been shut down in places like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the UAE, he noted. > “The damage is going to take months to unwind,” Currie said. > He added that “flow rate” is what matters following the the IEA’s decision to release oil from its reserves. Currie estimated that the maximum amount of oil that can flow out of the reserves is 2 million barrels per day, so the 400 million barrels released by the IEA could take 200 days to flow out. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-policy-response-can-stop-the-rise-in-crude-prices-says-jeff-currie-591118aa

Hotdog_catsup

What’s the consensus on UNH? Berk and GS bought.

No-Improvement3164

Probably GS and CAT. 20%

Rare-ish_Birb

GS

earthcomedy

Wow...your comment has just led me to discover some amazing things on Gemini: **85% of USA West Coast Jet Fuel Imports** come directly from South Korea! thus --> **15–20% of total demand** for jet fuel on the West Coast is met by these imports. The Military Kicker This isn't just about commercial flights to Maui. South Korean refiners like **GS Caltex** and **SK Energy** hold direct contracts to supply the **US Military** with JP-5 and JP-8 (military-grade jet fuel). We have reached a point where the US Pacific fleet and West Coast airbases are structurally dependent on Korean refineries—which, as we discussed, are **70–80% dependent on the Persian Gulf** crude currently being blocked by the conflict with Iran. ; --- and this is what u referred to. The "bonehead" label is a sentiment shared by many Australian industrial and security analysts right now. The decision to dismantle domestic refining was driven by a 20-year transition toward "economic efficiency" over "sovereign security," essentially betting that the global supply chain would never break. # The Great Refined-Product Gamble For decades, Australia had a robust refining sector. However, the logic that led to the current state was purely financial: * **The "Asian Super-Refinery" Effect:** Massive, modern refineries in Singapore, South Korea, and India achieved economies of scale that Australia’s smaller, aging plants couldn’t match. It became significantly cheaper to buy refined petrol from Singapore than to refine it in Victoria or Western Australia. * **Corporate Exits:** Global majors like BP and ExxonMobil saw the writing on the wall. They shuttered plants like **Kwinana (2021)** and **Altona (2021)** because they weren't profitable. * **Government Inaction:** Successive governments (both Liberal and Labor) largely allowed these closures, prioritizing lower pump prices and "market forces" over the cost of maintaining strategic infrastructure. # The Current "Two-Refinery" Reality As of March 2026, Australia is down to just **two** operational refineries: 1. **Viva Energy (Geelong, VIC)** 2. **Ampol (Lytton, QLD)** Together, they provide less than **25%** of Australia’s fuel needs. To keep even these two alive, the government had to pass the **Fuel Security Act in 2021**, which effectively pays them a "subsidy" (the Fuel Security Services Payment) just to stay open until at least 2027. # The Middle East Hook The "Bonehead" math works like this: * **90%** of Australia's liquid fuel is imported. * Most comes from **Singapore and South Korea**. * Those hubs get **70–80%** of their crude from the **Persian Gulf**. If the Strait of Hormuz stays closed due to the current conflict, the Singapore "refining bridge" fails. Even if Australia tries to buy crude from the US or elsewhere, they no longer have the physical plants to turn that crude into the diesel and jet fuel that the ADF and the trucking industry require.

Rare-ish_Birb

All the private equity together have $ 2+ trillion in illiquid, underwater SAAS portfolio companies rn, with no hope of IPO to offload. The clearing event would be writing down those companies to zero. Bye bye Softbank, KKR, Blackstone, Appollo, Carlyle, GS.

Expensive-Big-8725

check out that GS chart for today

Sufficient_Pin_2846

Lol ive been drinking tequila i promise its hilarious! I just want everyone to make money and stop giving GS there payday 😂

Consistent_Panda5891

Yep, if oil prices increase refinaries will end losing money. It is completely fake that high price in WTI makes major US petrol companies with more money... Also involving in uncertain weeks or months without US authorization in a blatantly illegal attack, suggesting to send troops again will only make SELL America effect once again as happened with liberation day. And user who posted think no effect in price? He completely did not check a single analyst report, DB, GS, Morgan.... Each one increasing price from 90 to 150$ simple because of strait closure. Right now markets where expecting a fast offensive and ofc is not priced in months of closure, 🥭 trip to China might be the start of Taiwan takeover

tika_dengu

Oil could finally hit 200 just like that GS analyst predicted many moons ago

claytondpark

GS is like my worst enemy, I can't seem to make money on this turd on calls or puts. Always going the opposite direction...

DescriptionNo5630

GS

95Daphne

Ended up closing up up today on the EoM rebalance. But GS, oof, ouch, ouchie.

Samjabr

Cant find the reason why GS down so much?

leomeng

Buying a bunch of GS BX

themarketapex

Alright nerds, since Fridays are always the most exciting, these are the top 10 trades for the day... SO FAR. Watch MSFT calls be #1 by market close. (all times in PST, the superior weather timezone) 1. **PSKY** – $12.50 C (02/27) 🟢 +8,562% Buy: 6:37 AM → Sell: 10:20 AM 2. **AXP** – $320 P (02/27) 🟢 +6,971% Buy: 6:33 AM → Sell: 9:40 AM 3. **RUN** – $14 P (02/27) 🟢 +4,363% Buy: 6:47 AM → Sell: 10:30 AM 4. **WFC** – $82 P (02/27) 🟢 +3,698% Buy: 6:34 AM → Sell: 9:46 AM 5. **C** – $111 P (02/27) 🟢 +3,538% Buy: 6:34 AM → Sell: 9:44 AM 6. **GS** – $880 P (02/27) 🟢 +2,824% Buy: 6:33 AM → Sell: 9:52 AM 7. **JNJ** – $247.50 C (02/27) 🟢 +2,164% Buy: 7:28 AM → Sell: 10:08 AM 8. **BE** – $157.50 P (02/27) 🟢 +2,074% Buy: 7:48 AM → Sell: 10:28 AM 9. **NBIS** – $92 P (02/27) 🟢 +2,032% Buy: 7:34 AM → Sell: 10:26 AM 10. **ENPH** – $43.50 P (02/27) 🟢 +1,571% Buy: 6:30 AM → Sell: 10:30 AM

AluminiumCaffeine

GS slaughtered too, seems very dramatic to me

Aggressive-Ad-2707

Tf happened to GS?

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

GS down 7.5%. surely this is bullish

Happy_Discussion_536

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ilovemathematikz

EXIT YOUR GOLD MINER POSITIONS, ENTER MINERAL//CRUDE POSITIONS INSTEAD. JPM PUT MAR 6 STRIKE 292.5 MS PUT MAR 6 STRIKE 167.5 GM PUT MAR 6 STRIKE 78 GS PUT MAR 6 STRIKE 875 The puts above are 3000% data backed, this will print, don’t believe me? /remindme If you have questions ask.

Beneficial_Week_7028

Idk why people only think Tech or AI is doing well, there’s a lot of financial companies doing really well GS is up 50% in the past year

JayRoo83

GS is doing a non AI index if you guys want to lose money in new ways

Fit_Attitude_2781

But you have to admit that it would be very odd if there was a stock which is most likely to multiply by seven, right? Would not everyone pick it up? Or at least the smart money? Or do you think you are really better at recognizing such a generational opportunity? Think about it, banks today are leveraged at around 13 times, meaning if they would take this stock it would multiply their own investment by 80. Do you think they are all missing that at JPM or GS? Or is it more likely that you estimate is a not so likely bullcase which could of course happen but isn't conservative or likely.

yaMomsChestHair

Boring tickers to the moon by Friday. $GS $PG

Fishherr

Dealers are still long from 6800-6700. CTA for BOFA, GS is 6735-6775. You would need a big boy to really sell hard and get a full downward affect. You just donated to Wall Street unfortunately. Best of luck to you.

KingRegardothe2nd

>Wall Street opened the week under heavy pressure as risk sentiment deteriorated on AI-related credit concerns and fresh trade uncertainty amid the feud between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court. >The blue-chip index was weighed down by sharp losses in financial names. A wave of selling hit asset managers after concerns emerged around a private credit fund managed by Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL). The firm announced it is liquidating $1.4 billion in assets to raise money to pay out individual investors Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) sank 6.6% on the day, marking its worst session since Liberation Day. Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) slid 6.7% and has now dropped 16% over the past three sessions, its steepest three-day decline since March 2020, touching the lowest level since late 2023. Ares Management Corp. (NYSE:ARES) fell 6.3% KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) tumbled 8.3%, extending its monthly loss to 20%, the worst stretch since 2015. The weakness spilled into established financial heavyweights. American Express (NYSE:AXP) dropped 7.4%, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) lost 3.5% and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) retreated 4.5%. For the broader Financials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLF) it’s the worst day since early April 2025.

CryptoBoy-007

I think GS is wrong.

Delicious_Put_5857

"former goldman" "ex-GS" etc. basically ex-wendys dumpster in terms of how much ur opinion is likely to be right

xjcln

Yeah I think crypto being easy to buy now is why there are so many crypto bears... at this point I just don't see much reason for the price to go up anymore. The tech is almost 20 years old... other stuff the same age as BTC includes the iPhone 3GS and Google Chrome, to put that in perspective. If it was going to be used as actual money or digital gold it would have happened by now. Without a real use case the only thing holding up the price is hoping there are enough idiots out there to pay you more for ur crypto then u paid for it, and with it being so easy to buy I think we are running out of idiots. It may take a bit, but I think when the next major recession hits the ground will be the limit for BTC.

dagroup

Here's 3 that I see as worthwhile, long term plays AND they have options which qualifies for inclusion in this forum; GORY = Gold Royalty, UROY = Uranium Royalty, GEVO = Oil I have 2 others for N. America, but not USA. no options, buy stock only. Anyone willing to diversify and buy foreign through regulated foreign brokers where you get the exchange price and not a GS / WFC inflated price, let me know. I have 2 that pay dividends, and a few that are pure growth at this time. FULL DISCLOSURE: I have options or shares in everyone. They are long term holds for me.

AnyPortInAHurricane

If you had any real skill, you would not be here posting tlDR , you would be working for $GS

Bsj7ev52csj63

LooOok at SUPAMICROOO!! 12 Birrion in backrog.... WUT HAPPEN? Why 20 dolla stock now. You know why? Cause GS SUCKS DICK.

baconography

Notice how suddenly these days, at open, it acts like a risk-on equity? And then at some point ~~JPM and GS~~ the market reverses to consider it a defensive, risk-off asset?

Magikarpical

i have $GS and $JPM and have held since mid 2020. somehow they've missed the sell off for finance stocks like Schwab. i'm +400% on GS.

No-Improvement3164

All the more reason too. CAT and GS make up 20%. Have you looked at those charts? 😂

RougeRock170

Interesting. I don’t know the history of the name and it does sound like something GS would come up with. But they definitely have a BRICS bank in Shanghai and some sort of an organization that tries to get those countries to work together. Definitely only an economic and not military alliance and seems pretty informal

DMT1703

Donald Trump wants to make industrial rise again. (CAT) People are poor as shit. ( WMT) Low risk investment. (GS)

No-Improvement3164

GS WMT and CAT are on steroids the last 3 years or something.

No-Improvement3164

CAT and GS make up 20%. I guess CAT 🐈 only goes up like SLV?

Keizman55

First thing is I only trade companies that I understand what they do and how they make the majority of their money. Next, I am a Fidelity customer so I use their resources and check what the analysts recommendations are. If they don’t align with my view I try to see what I am missing. I also use their screener to filter on the major variables that others have listed but am not strict on those unless some negative really stands out. I also read or listen to their earnings calls and have alerts set for any news on their tickers. I picked up AMAT a few months ago and had a good understanding of their business and have done really well with it, wish I had trusted myself enough to hold through earnings overnight. My other tickers that I have done well with here and there are V, GS, KO, MA, MSFT, COST. I try to avoid holding through earnings because I got burnt with Costco - was 100% right on fundamentals but earnings call comments killed it (“…something, something, something, expect tariff headwinds…”)

spyputs1

O’really? I guess $14 trillion in American 401ks and $19 trillion in IRA’s just chump change to wallstreet. All these people pumping liquidity every month goes somewhere no? When your broker “sells” you 10 shares of SPY where does the transaction happen? On the lit exchange? Fk no it goes to citadel or one of the market makers that settles it from inventory in a dark pool. The lit exchange only sees institutional trades. Let’s say I’m bill gates and I want to unload my 3 million shares of SPY do you think he just limit orders on the open market? No he goes to GS and they parce it out in dark pools at top dollar and keeping the haircut. When the big boys are done selling at top dollar they run the tape down and pick up deals at the bottom just like it happened in the tariff tantrum last year. This retarded idea that market makers and wallstreet is this honest law abiding enterprise is childishly stupid naive

Samjabr

Puts on GS - The pedophile friendly bank. https://preview.redd.it/s29vrc7iaajg1.jpeg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec094cffe492d6f326bfb2efae7e2b41bed83d3

WickedSensitiveCrew

Added to KNSL, GS, MCO, and SPGI.

DreamLand2269

Wow Spotify Hail Mary saved my @$$. Still alive… Tues spot +6K Wed missed out big Thu jumped into poots (sandisk, intel, micron) +2K Fri overnight poots in GS, Tesla and others +1K 9X week when I thought I was done. Now time to go to GA 😬 https://preview.redd.it/5nal2ugr7ajg1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47cb77903686b940bb92a4172064d120b3bad509

Bsj7ev52csj63

Remamba guys. GOLDMAN SACHS HIRES TOP EXECUTIVES WITH CLOSE ASSOCIATION TO CHILD RAPIST EPSTEIN. GOLDMAN SACHS SUPPORTS PEDOPHILES! GS: Fck you....SUCK ON YOUR PR DISASTER

ConstantEfficiency83

Hey guys, remember when GS said that downward pressure this week could trigger massive algo dumps? Yeah, we’re less than 1% away from where SPY has double bottomed during this shit.

Mug_of_coffee

GS has it coming in @ 2.4, whereas expectation is 2.5. if so, it supports the rate cut narrative.

Wowmuchrya

Average price target for JPM and GS unloading to bagholders yea

SlyCooper007

I already bought more in the trough! I cant buy anymore! Lol 

JeffBurke

From a GS analyst (despite I am always a bit skeptical about their motives, but this one might be spot on): "One lesson from historical examples of industries facing disruption risk is that share price stability requires stability in the earnings outlook. A strong buy-the-dip mindset in these stocks hasn't yet materialized, and it's unclear what positive catalyst could get investors interested again."

Rare-ish_Birb

GS, CAT and VZ the new kids on the DJIA block soaking up the capital leaving MSFT, AMZN and UNH.

Rare-ish_Birb

Up on the backs of GS and, if you can believe it, CAT, which is expanding their energy division to address power needs for AI data centers.

WasteSchool2317

Coupang isn’t a growth company anymore, and the valuation gap makes that impossible to ignore. A business trading at an 88× P/E needs expanding margins, rising market share, and a durable competitive moat. Coupang has none of those left. The logistics advantage that once justified its story is disappearing as Korea’s retail superchains—Lotte, Shinsegae, GS, Homeplus—activate delivery networks they’ve refined over decades. These companies already have nationwide warehouses, fleets, and trained labor. They aren’t competing with Coupang; they’re absorbing the customers who are leaving it. At the same time, the legal and regulatory environment has turned hostile. Coupang faces investigations, civil and criminal exposure, and the likelihood of heavy penalties and restitution. Public sentiment is sharply negative, and in Korea, a foreign‑owned company under political and social scrutiny rarely gets the benefit of the doubt. The combination of reputational damage, legal risk, and intensifying competition leaves no room for the kind of margin expansion a high‑multiple stock requires. When you strip away the narrative and look at the numbers, the valuation collapses. A company with shrinking trust, thinning margins, and rising liabilities doesn’t command a premium multiple. On a book‑value basis, the equity looks closer to a sub‑$1 stock. Even if you’re extremely generous and treat Coupang like Amazon—a company with global scale, diversified revenue, and real pricing power—the comparable P/E would be around 23, which implies roughly $4.25 per share. Smart money sees this. They’re exiting because the math is simple and the direction is clear. The only people who get hurt in these situations are the ones who stay on the boat after it starts taking on water.

Winter-Extension-366

MS QDS seems to build right way- BofA systematic flows monitor also is done by a team that knows what they're doing and is creative in exploring the dataset; UBS good, I haven't seen anything great out of GS besides the broad top-line concepts and their gamma quilt from FOF is not always helpful

FSO88

Equity Sales at GS, MS, etc.

ThinkingOfTheOldDays

price weighted so CAT, GS, and other high price stocks tend to lift it

Rare-ish_Birb

DIA is outperforming on the backs of GS and CAT, neither of which will stay elevated if we get a hint of ai capital spend normalizing.

thugtronic

https://preview.redd.it/c3837lvrljig1.png?width=834&format=png&auto=webp&s=f909b590dbe433b93bafe09ec42228dcb73f72ce GS says the same shit (can only post one screen shot but they said XLE benefits from the rising power demand so even if oil stay here they still make bank

jazzgrackle

I’m betting PLTR is going to rip through the week. Momentum today surviving the GS sell off. It’s time to rock

ChornWork2

must be on first part. no way had shareholders with existing positions dumping $1 trillion of shares. $33bn figure is just what GS has modeled as selling pressure from CTAs if see more declines. article discusses a range of other factors (poor liquidity, high vol, short gamma, etc) with the overall narrative being may have a lot of chop and markets aren't looking like they were in dips of last year.

Jballer200k

did i miss NVDA news other than the GS price target increase?

mollusc_in_the_wind

GS disagrees

STierMansierre

Well, we are heading toward a global debt crisis, money is moving back to less risky positions. Gold and Silver probably wasn't supposed to be a pump and dump on retail investors but major players like GS and JPM were looking at those prices and probably salivating to take those gains and maintain a profitable balance. And so they did. As far as the tech sector, I don't think AI is a Ponzi or a pump, necessarily. I think the market is finally pricing in the risk of lacking ROI and also filtering out non-players as AI tech matures. So anyway, you've seen a bump in industrials as the money was reallocated. I don't think this was a "crash." CEOs played earnings/capex chicken with investors and investors are trying to get them to swerve first. Anyway, proper diversification could see you through such swings with minimal loss. And on Japan, at least they're taking their economic situation seriously. The US admin seems to be exacerbating the issues in all honesty.

Fine-Masterpiece1953

Dow blasting past 50k in just 431 trading days from 40k is nuts, fastest ever—financials like GS carrying it with that steady 4.4% unemployment and rate cuts, even after bitcoin's dump.

ryallen23

SPY might not be diverse and high quality enough to compensate for the AI bet doesn’t pay off. But infinite versions of a portfolio with stocks inside it totally would. Let’s make two up real quick with a goal of doing well without crash risk the next 5 years - 1) GS, WMT, AVGO, MA, GE 2) PM, UBER, HOOD, BK, CRWD

BuySlySellSlow

Sounds like I made the $100K that you lost... Did you have LLY puts for their earnings? And GS puts today?

Ok_Cry7572

There it is: this week saw the biggest shorting on record (GS prime) You know what that means

d33p7r0ubl3

GS carrying the index

Acrobatic-Song-3151

I was selling a Conseco analyst a high end car before the fiscal crisis and he told me, “You know nothing and never will because we’re on the line with these companies all day.” I should’ve taken his advice and bought indexes as well. To recover from GS I plowed into SSO and made it back. By the time the flash crash occurred I’d learned so much, but was still reckless.  Buying VT now because at 46 it’s time to get even more lame.  What’s your international exposure as a % of your equity portfolio? 

D74248

I upvoted you, so all is good! No one is right all of the time. It is just that Cramer is always loud, so his misjudgments look like screwups. Buffett and GS was an education for me. It was when I realized just how different big money was from little money. Yea, Buffett invested. Yea, the banking system is saved. But he got preferred shares paying 10% + warrants for 5 billion in stock that were good for 5 years -- way beyond anything available to us littles. It changed my perception of his advice for us littles to just invest in the S&P 500 from advice given by a wise uncle to a pat on the head given to a pet dog.

Acrobatic-Song-3151

Damn, you’re right. I downvoted myself. I was young enough then I was making brilliant moves like going all in on GS, after the buffet investment, from $120 down to $80. 50k in one stock when that’s about all I had. “ No! No! No! Bear Stearns is fine. Do not take your money out. Bear Stearns is not trouble. If anything, they’re more likely to be taken over. Don’t move your money from Bear. That’s just being silly. Don’t be silly.”  

BuySlySellSlow

I made money on LLY earnings and went into today 70% cash. Bought into so major dips on GS... Already up. Not smart, just lucky on my end. 🤑

95Daphne

Yeah it's not going to be a popular take, but at this point, it's fair to be concerned that this looks 2022 esque, really, with what "old energy" is doing (and the pain ex oil and maybe staples is probably incoming, that reversal by industrials was ugly yesterday and I know my GS got hurt badly yesterday). I DO however have my doubts it gets that bad. I'm not sure Trump can do much to stymie this (outside of maybe quit on the Warsh pick and go for Waller, which I and many others would be fine with actually even though he's Republican and we're not fans of Trump), but he might try his best. What was a 30%+ decline for the tech sector in 2022 may be more like 20-25%, closer to 2018 or last year, and temporary.

WickedSensitiveCrew

GS my stock pick. MS has other levers with etrade but GS has more upside imo.

Outrageous_Tip_2133

If you are positioning to buy a stock (or multiple stocks) to benefit from the mergers & acquisition boom this yar, what would be the top picks? GS, MS, EVR, PIPR? MS seems to be the most reasonably priced based on P/E. GS seems to have ran up too much last year and probably priced in the M&A boom already? any thoughts?