U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs expects oil prices to rise to an average $90 ... :01 p.m. EST (1701 GMT). Goldman, which is among the most profitable commodities traders on Wall Street ... revision for 2010 natural gas prices, Goldman cited higher-than-expected production of unconventional ... spite of recently flagging investment in drilling. Goldman also raised its forecast for metals prices, including ...

... in a pinch. SO why a Golden Slacks chart? For the last two years or so I've been using Goldman's trend as a leading indicator, in addition to all other real time ... I guarantee you will find very interest correlations I might not have even discovered yet. The key correlation is, if Goldman is moving up or down without the market following chances are the market will end up moving in that ...

... of the world’s future oil consumption. In a research note Friday, Goldman Sache says China’s new energy plans could conceivably cut the country’s ... , so goes the world: If those energy-intensity plans work out, Goldman says global oil consumption would be 20% lower over the next 40 years compared with Goldman’s previous forecast. Goldman currently projects world oil demand to basically double from ...

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (GS.N) Chief Lloyd Blankfein is weighing plans to increase the share of compensation paid out in equity to executives in a bid to quell ... executives, including Blankfein, could be awarded all annual bonus in company stock, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with Goldman's thinking. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal had...

In Intermed II we study stock awards, options and various incentives. We reported yesterday that some Goldman execs may be arming themselves. Now comes the story that the back lash over bonuses is so great that Goldman is considering awarding stock rather than cash. No word on when that stock could be sold. This backlash is coming at Dow 10,500, let it sink ...

From Rio Gringa comes this interview with David Goldman. If you are unaware of the details of how his son has been held illegally in Brazil over the past few years, please read this. Visit msnbc.com ... would YOU react if a non-family member was keeping your child hostage in a foreign country? Does David Goldman's reaction remind you of the case brought before King Solomon in I Kings 3:16-28?

Washington's Blog submits: Goldman Sachs is predicting that gold will shoot past $1,400/ounce by 2011, largely on the basis of central banks becoming net buyers of gold, gold ETFs continuing to buy substantial volumes, and real estate prices being depressed. I agree. Complete Story »

The argument that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will pay its employees too much this year has always been a weak one. Some shareholders believe that more money should be going to them, perhaps in the form of a special dividend. Some members of Congress and the Administration simply object to high pay packages at any large American bank.

Under the radar: Some trends are obvious enough and visible to all investors. Others are more-subtle, but are just as potent, and these often slip 'under the radar.' Case in point: One wonders how this research slipped under the radar, but it to-date hasn't received a great deal of attention from the popular press -- Goldman Sachs now expects the ...

... 55:22 AM WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion ... access to the same information we did." For the past year, Goldman has been on the defensive over its Washington connections and the billions in federal ... collapse of the economy, however, some of those investors have changed their opinions of Goldman. Several pension funds, including Mississippi' ...