Goldman Sachs (GS) Hits The Cover Off The Ball

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Apr 27, 10:24PM EDT · Published Apr 13, 3:38PM EDT

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Goldman Sachs (GS) reported net revenues of $9.43 billion and net earnings of $1.81 billion for its first quarter ended March 27, 2009. Diluted earnings per common share were $3.39 compared with $3.23 for the first quarter ended February 29, 2008 and a diluted loss per common share of $4.97 for the fourth quarter ended November 28, 2008.

The big money came from its fixed income, currency and commodities which generated record quarterly net revenues of $6.56 billion, 34% higher than its previous record.

According to MarketWatch, “Analysts had been anticipating earnings of $1.64 a share, according to Thomson Reuters data.”

Goldman also said it would raise that beginning a public offering of $5 billion of its common stock for sale to the public. Goldman, Sachs & Co. will serve as the sole underwriter for the transaction.

Goldman Sachs said in a statement that it intends to use proceeds of the $5 billion offering to help redeem “all of the TARP capital.”

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.