Goldman Sachs, or how to mint money daily

The numbers are in: Goldman Sachs made money every single day in the quarter ended March 2010, and at least $100m on 35 of those days, according to the former investment bank’s latest filing with the SEC.

Here’s the relevant chart from their 10-Q:

Goldman's daily trading net revenues for Q1 2010

Unfortunately for Goldman, it’s far from certain that stellar performance will quell the angry shareholders queuing up to file lawsuits alleging, among other things:

breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, abuse of control, mismanagement, unjust enrichment, misappropriation of information and insider trading, and challenge the accuracy and adequacy of Group Inc.’s disclosure…

Related links:
Goldman’s Q1 results – analysts react – FT Alphaville
Is Goldman’s luck about to change?- FT Alphaville
Goldman beats its record for $100m-plus days in 2009 – FT

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