Opinions
Josh Brown, CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management
Goldman Sachs
GS-N
TRADE
Sep 11, 2024
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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Of the big banks, they are the most levered to investment banking, including IPOs. He bought it expecting an uptick in IPOs under Trump, but his tariffs have temporarily derailed that. The IPO revival should happen if tariffs don't return. This pulled back hard since mid-February because of those tariffs, down 35%.
Is perfectly positioned for the tailwinds under the Trump presidency. After April's tariffs, corporate boards have been sitting and waiting, reluctant to do deals, but a strong capital market will eventually happen. Pays a good dividend and are very well-capitalized.
(Analysts’ price target is $596.61)The capital markets banks are all performing really well. That tells you something about the rest of the market; if investors are focusing on these banks, then they must have a view that lots of deals will be done and that capital markets provide a good opportunity. He'd buy more.
He's not a good trader. To paraphrase: "There are bull markets and bear markets, but at the end GS wins." We've seen that this quarter with respect to their trading profits. It's been a great way to play capital markets forever, and all the banks' capital markets divisions are doing well.
As long as the CEO continues to execute, the stock will be fine. However, before he was dismayed to watch GS get into ill-fated consumer finance, so it's important they are mostly exiting these businesses and returning to what they DO best: IPOs, capital markets and trading. Technically, it's not good: an RSI of 36 and is partially oversold. It broke the rising 50-day moving average last week. There should be support around $426-430 and would look at it then as a trade but not an investment.