The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm

that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations,
financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and
maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.
They report their activities in the following four business segments

INVESTMENT BANKING

They provide a broad range of investment banking services to a diverse group of corporations, financial institutions,
investment funds and governments. Services include strategic advisory assignments with respect to mergers and
acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, spin-offs and risk management, and debt and
equity underwriting of public offerings and private placements, including local and cross-border transactions and
acquisition financing, as well as derivative transactions directly related to these activities.

INSTITUTIONAL CLIENT SERVICES

They facilitate client transactions and make markets in fixed income, equity, currency and commodity products,
primarily with institutional clients such as corporations, financial institutions, investment funds and governments.
They also make markets in and clear client transactions on major stock, options and futures exchanges worldwide
and provide financing, securities lending and other prime brokerage services to institutional clients.

INVESTING & LENDING

They invest in and originate loans to provide financing to clients. These investments and loans are typically longerterm in nature. They make investments, some of which are consolidated, directly and indirectly through funds and
separate accounts that they manage, in debt securities and loans, public and private equity securities, and real estate
entities.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

They provide investment management services and offer investment products (primarily through separately managed
accounts and commingled vehicles, such as mutual funds and private investment funds) across all major asset classes
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to a diverse set of institutional and individual clients. They also offer wealth advisory services, including portfolio
management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services to high-net-worth individuals
and families.
The ticker symbol for the company is GS

1. At what price is your company currently faring? Provide other matrices like
P/E ratio, Dividend Yield, Beta Volume Traded etc.
As per the date 10/11/2016 Wednesday

P/E ratio tells us how much investors are willing to pay per dollars of earnings. Here the P/E ratio is 15.46 it
means investors in the stock are willing to pay $15.46 for every $1 of the earning that the company gurantees.
Dividend yields are a measure of an investments productivity, and some even view it like an "interest rate"
earned on an investment.We can say that Goldman Sachs pays out 2.60 each year relative to its share price.
the beta of the company is 1.20 the companys share is theoritically 20% more volatile than share market. The
companys share offers the possibility of a higher rate of return but also poses more risk

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2. Click on the interactive chart. Go back to the historical patterns (back 1, 5,

10 years) and observe how has your company fared historically? Do you spot
any patterns?

Stock chart of Goldman sachs since its inception

In my opinion Goldman Sachs has fared nicely according to the historical data. No, I havent spotted any
patterns

3. Do you see any points in the past when the prices of the shares have increased
or decreased greatly in a short span of time? Try to search for news items as
on or during that time that gives you clues why this might have happened.
For example, the company might have undertaken a new project, or faced
financial distress etc.
Yes I have seen the point when the price of the shares have decreased greatly in a short span of time , and
then again increased greatly in short span of time.
Its in time period 2007-2008. It was during the time of Global Economic Crisis.
As it was Global economic crisis its obvious that the share markets will fall down and the values of Shares
too, but during the same period the share values of Goldman Sachs increased and went to the peak(traded in
maximum money till date). The reason behind the increment of the shares value was Goldman was able
to profit from the collapse in subprime mortgage bonds in the summer of 2007 by short-selling
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subprime mortgage-backed securities. Two Goldman traders, Michael Swenson and Josh
Birnbaum, are credited with being responsible for the firm's large profits during the crisis.The
pair, members of Goldman's structured products group in New York, made a profit of $4 billion
by "betting" on a collapse in the sub-prime market, and shorting mortgage-related securities.
By summer 2007, they persuaded colleagues to see their point of view and convinced skeptical
risk management executives.The firm initially avoided large subprime writedowns, and
achieved a net profit due to significant losses on non-prime securitized loans being offset by
gains on short mortgage positions. The firm's viability was later called into question as the
crisis intensified in September 2008.

4. Going forward, what your prognosis for the company? How does the
company's performance will be in future? Can you cite evidences regarding
this?

Here by looking at the stock price forecast made by Cnn Money there is +12.5% chances of
increment of Share Price ie. $229.00 whereas there is -6.6% of chances of decrease of Share price i.e
till $190, Whereas there is -41.0% chances of decrese of Share Price i.e. $120, So by looking at the
Stock price Forecast I would like to recommend to Invest in this Company
As , In U.S.A Mr. Donald Trup has made his way to the White House, I am likely seeing a huge change
in Market i.e The Stock Prices of the American Companies are likely to increase as they would be
getting preference in American Local Market

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