Is Goldman Sachs a prop shop?

Discussion in 'Commodity Futures' started by ADX_trader, Jul 15, 2005.

  1. ig0r

    ig0r

    Yes, indeed. Arbitrage in general is very capital intensive. They participate in a lot of very similar trades to what LTCM was doing - just with much less leverage.
     
    #11     Jul 15, 2005

  2. they are the most successful & powerful financial organisation in the world. however look at what happened to the great salomon brothers!
     
    #12     Jul 16, 2005
  3. The do vast amounts of non-linear trading also. They are in the same market in both directions at the same time with varying ratio's.
     
    #13     Jul 16, 2005
  4. They do vast amounts of------------
     
    #14     Jul 16, 2005