NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs said its profits more than doubled from a year earlier thanks to a surge in both trading and advising revenue.The New York-based investment bank said it earned a profit of $4.36 billion, or $12.08 per share, up from a profit of $1.72 billion, or $4.69 a share, in the same period a year earlier.
The earnings were significantly better than the $7.45-per-share profit that analysts were expecting.Goldman's results reflect that Wall Street had a strong year, despite the pandemic and millions of Americans out of work.
After plunging sharply in March and April, the stock market went basically straight up for seven months as investors tried to look beyond the near-term death and pain and focus on where the U.S.