Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)

Five banks write 97 percent of all credit-default swaps in the U.S. These 5 banks are: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley(NYSE: MS). This is the present system. Yes, I think that some of these are debatably insolvent. Yes, I think that there is rampant mortgage fraud. Yes, this recommendation flies in the face of trying to value businesses based on their terms of doing business. This is a bet that is driven by my belief that housing is bottoming. The economics of the situation and the global monetary authorities will not let these banks collapse into insolvency and thus, they do have an intrinsic valuation where larger, unnecessary risks actually do create shareholder value because they aren't REAL risks because they are backstopped by society.

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Buffet has warrants for $100 and change. This may ROCKET and Buffet makes another BIL or 2 or 3 or 4... GO LONG!!!! Even though they are EVIL! Just do some good with your gains.

It has too much debt and too little return on equity.

Slow, methodical, malignant greed will always win in the current economic climate, after the citizens united supreme court case.

It will rebound strong from regulatory clarity in 2012.

I believe that everyone should have their presents under their tree, purchased first and packaged in nice new Goldman Sachs, no wait Saks Fifth Avenue, No that's not right. Anyway GS:Goldman Sachs is my Pick & Dats Da ticket. Nope I haven't changed my mind. I'm back to the Smartest Guys ever to repay their Gov't Bailout Money Quickly. Hey, my second set of Student loans are almost paid back, so their my type of people ... Debt Free, well except for all the BONDS, they pitch and purchase. I'd like a 007.% Bond paid monthly, No reverse that I hate Junk Bonds, but do like James Bond. I prefer Harvard over Yale, in the Sink your Battleship world of Global investing. Silly I know. Nevermind Neverland.

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Decelerating earnings

still the best investment company around

I think this is an easy outperform in the long term future. Goldman is one of the slickest suites on Wall St. While many don't agree with their tactics - you can't deny their results. I firmly expect them to be worth 125/share.

herp derp rally

The devil is offering a bargain these days. Doesn't happen that often.

they're liars and cheats. that being said, i'm in this to make money. gs is no stranger to controversy and it'll be business as usual one day. greed will find a way.

Trading below net current assets.

If you can wait and by shares of GS below $90 and can afford to hold them for 9-18 months you will make at least 20% profit.

Lost confidence.

How many former GS executive have to be publicly exposed as financial parasite before the bank loses control of the US government? When that happens, its competitive advantage will disappear and it will face the same financial reality that has afflicted their prior victims. The next financial melt down is less likely to be met with further bailouts, but possibly bonfires.

This company is sorta like the triple A farm team for the federal government from what I can see, so I hope they can figure out some way to make some cash. (Please do not buy this based on my pick! This is just a game for me!)

Financials have been beaten down the whole year, and in my mind are near a low. Goldman is a top-of-the line investment bank that is fully capable of resuming business as usual. And when it does, which won't take long, this stock is going to go up, and quickly! GS prides itself in hiring the best and the brightest that Business Schools have to offer, and they have been a Wall Street mainstay for many years. The market is WAY too pessimistic about Goldman right now, driving down its stock and forcing me to be optimistic on GS.