Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)

Today I moved down all of my shorts (of an individual and Index-kind) to small and I kept all of my long positions at the same levels they have been at over the last week (except for Goldman Sachs , Google and Amazon that I eliminated). I am now qui...

I have eliminated my Goldman Sachs (+$4 to $239.55) holding as it is approaching my 12 month price target.

Not the greatest of closes (for Apple or the broad market) -- but after such a strong advance we shouldn't be surprised or disappointed: * Market breadth closed at negative 300 issues net decliners. * FANG traded plus or minus from unchanged -- depe...

* Putting my money where my mouth and pen are! In keeping with this morning's opener, "Stocks Grow Expensive as the Market Ignores Geopolitical Risks ", I have further increased my outsized net short exposure this morning: * In pre-market trading I ...

"That was the week that was Its over let it go. We had a lot at stake We have nothing left to wait for but til the snow..." - Millicent Martin, That Was The Week That Was By almost any measure, the U.S. stock market was filled with surprises in the ...

Back in late December, 2018 I wrote this column, My Favorite Large Cap Stock for 2019 is Goldman Sachs ($163). At the time I valued the company at about $245/share. The shares are now trading over $230/share and the reward vs. risk has materially ch...

Given the news and the changing reward vs. risk, I have moved to small-sized in Goldman Sachs .

*Though I am maintaining my medium-sized position in Goldman, I am selling some off now. I placed Goldman Sachs  on my Best Ideas List at about $169/share in December, 2018 - in the middle of the 1mdb probe. The shares are now trading at about $230/...

* An unimpressive close - in contrast to yesterday's rally from the morning lows In an opposite pattern of Tuesday -- when stocks rallied smartly from the morning lows into the close -- stocks gave up about a third of the full day advance in the las...

* I am calling an audible based on the Seattle Times report and management's apparent "slow play" on the fuselage damage during a stress test * The optics are poor * Though downside seems limited, Boeing may become even more of a "show me" stock, wi...

Another day in which the market bent a bit but didn't break: * At 3:30 p.m. market breadth is moderately negative (1,288 advancers, 1,677 decliners). * Bonds were virtually unchanged after the schmeissing last week. * Gold -$5/oz and crude oil -$0.3...

* Reluctantly and given the strong price performance of the last few months With the move this week and given the strong follow through today (producing high relative strength readings), I am reluctantly reducing my very large holdings in , , and to...

I have sold my speculative Deutsche Bank shares (for a very small profit) and I am taking the stock off of my Best Ideas List. The proximate reason for the sale was my analysis of the bank over the past weekend following the Wednesday report of a $9...

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup filed their third quarter 10Qs late Friday afternoon: Goldman Sachs During the quarter GS had 14 loss days (a bit higher than is typical) and five "outsized" trading revenue days. At quarter-end the brokerage's investment...