Goldman Sachs Risking More of Its Own Capital, Says Bloomberg Markets

Goldman Sachs Risking More of Its Own Capital, Says Bloomberg Markets

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- When Goldman Sachs went public six years ago, the firm said it planned to seek more earnings stability by focusing on investment banking and asset management. Instead, the archetypical Wall Street bank for much of the past century has prospered by heading in a very different direction and using more of its own money to trade and invest, according to the August issue of Bloomberg Markets.

In the August issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine, the cover story entitled "Goldman's Risky Business" reports that the New York-based firm, founded 135 years ago, is betting its own money as never before, growing far beyond its roots as investment banker to the world's corporate elite.

Bloomberg Markets writers Richard Teitelbaum and Adrian Cox chronicle the rise of Goldman's reliance on fixed-income, currencies and commodities and the risk that the firm is taking on the volatile market.

The August edition of Bloomberg Markets hits newsstands this week and will be available for sale at all local Borders and Barnes & Noble bookstores and other local news vendors. Bloomberg Markets is distributed to all users of the Bloomberg Professional(R) service. Bloomberg Markets articles are also available to users of the Bloomberg Professional service via the Bloomberg terminal.

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