Info: Goldman Sachs at a Glance.

Goldman Sachs at a Glance:
Company: Public
Ticker Symbol: GS (NYSE)

Chairman and CEO: Lloyd C. Blankfein

Financial at a Glance: FY 2007: Six months ended May 2007.

Net Revenue: $22,912M (up 10.82% compared to highly successful corresponding six months ended May 2006.)

NI: $5,530M (up 16.67% compared to six months ended May 2006.)

Stock Price: $223 (July 09 2007.) (up 10.4% YTD. In comparison, YTD DJIA(13611 pts) is up 8.5%, S&P500(1530 pts) is up 8.0%, NYSE(10075) is up 10.5%.

DIVISIONS:
Core divisions revenues: (Comparison to six months ended May 2006.)
A. I-banking: up 20% to $3436M
B. Trading and principal investments: up 11% to $15315M
C. Asset management and securities services: DOWN 11% to $2240M.

Sub-Divisions:
A. I-banking:
1. Financial advisory: M&A deals, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructuring and spin-offs.
2. Underwriting: IPO, private placement of equity, equity related and debt instruments.
Industry Groups: Financial institutions, High technology, communications, media and entertainment, health care, real estate, industrial, consumer and natural resources.
Product Groups: Equity, leveraged finance, debt, financial advisory, and merger and acquisitions.

B. Trading and principal investments:
1. Equity
2. Fixed income
3. Currency & Commodities
4. Principal investments.

C. Asset management and securities :
1. Asset management
2. Security services
3. Commission.
4. Private wealth management.

Analyst Opinion: Apr-07 by Deutsche bank: BUY.
My opinion.. watch next..

For more, visit Goldman Sachs website.
SEC Filing (May 2007).

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First and foremost, about my internship at Capitol Partners. Its been a fabulous experience till now with Capitol Partners. I have got lot of opportunities to learn by working with T.J., Julie and Martin.
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