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The most recent, presumably correct, data has been released by the NYSE: Goldman total principal program trading has declined by 60% from 1,336 million shares in the prior week to 571 million in the current.

Matt Goldstein over at Reuters may have just broken a story that could spell doom for if not the entire Goldman Sachs program trading group, then at least those who deal with "low latency (microseconds) event-driven market data processing, strategy, and order submissions." Visions of swirling, gray storm clouds over Goldman's SLP and hi-fi traders begin to form.

It seems quite a few individuals noticed our post attempting to justify some very peculiar language in not just a certain Goldman Sachs Internet disclaimer, but also the strange wording prominently featured in critical GS-client agreements. One happened to be Goldman Sachs itself. We take this opportunity to present the response by Goldman Sachs' spokesman Ed Canaday

"The notional value of derivatives held by U.S. commercial banks increased $1.6 trillion in the first quarter, or 1%, to $202.0 trillion, due to the continued migration of investment bank derivatives business into the commercial banking system."

Just released NYSE data indicate a 50% ramp up by Goldman's principal Program Trading unit. Whereas the prior week saw Goldman trading only 631 million principal shares on the NYSE, the most recent data indicate a massive rise to 977.8 million. Also notable is Credit Suisse's doubling in principal program trades to 586 million from 245 million.

Was that Cramer complaining there is too much democracy in this country? My dear, you of all people should be so glad for First Amendment rights after losing hapless mom and pop retail investors, whose only sin is listening to you, countless billions and billions of dollars.

With a subtitle like "From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression - and they're about to do it again" run, don't walk, to your nearest kiosk and buy Matt Taibbi's latest piece in Rolling Stone magazine.

Until yesterday, the only real risk at the 5th branch of government (4th is the PIMCO/BlackRock two headed hydra) was making sure that 2009 is the year of the biggest bonuses on record (amusingly, now that Cerberus has all but followed Chrysler to its ignominious end (oddly missing from the company's industry expertise page - one would think the Dan Quayle-advised company learned more from this cataclysm than anything else), maybe Stephen Feinberg can sell the brand to the GS/PIMCO/BlackRock triumvirate and generate at least some recovery for its long-suffering LPs: the name would be so much more appropriate then).

Was that Cramer complaining there is too much democracy in this country? My dear, you of all people should be so glad for First Amendment rights after losing hapless mom and pop retail investors, whose only sin is listening to you, countless billions and billions of dollars.

One would be tempted to link up to Jimmy's famous rant against Bernanke from two years ago. Oh what the heck... here it is.

With a subtitle like "From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression - and they're about to do it again" run, don't walk, to your nearest kiosk and buy Matt Taibbi's latest piece in Rolling Stone magazine. One of the best comprehensive profiles of Government Sachs done to date. Speaking of GS, they sure must be busy today, now that Bernanke is about to be impeached and take the fall for all their machinations.

Bloomberg out with an article disclosing what every "tinfoil" hat wearer has known for a long time, namely that it was precisely Goldman's collateral extractions out of AIG that were the cause for the firm's collapse, and the ensuing financial catastrophe that to this day has been propped up only thanks to the US government's backstop of nearly $10 trillion in various worthless assets.

Until yesterday, the only real risk at the 5th branch of government (4th is the PIMCO/BlackRock two headed hydra) was making sure that 2009 is the year of the biggest bonuses on record (amusingly, now that Cerberus has all but followed Chrysler to its ignominious end (oddly missing from the company's industry expertise page - one would t

Bloomberg out with an article disclosing what every "tinfoil" hat wearer has known for a long time, namely that it was precisely Goldman's collateral extractions out of AIG that were the cause for the firm's collapse, and the ensuing financial catastrophe that to this day has been propped up only thanks to the US government's backstop of nearly $10 trillion in various worthless assets.

Latest NYSE Program Trading data out. Program Trading volume continues to decline, with 3.4 billion shares traded, down 700 million from the week before. Most notable is Goldman's dramatic drop in principal trading, down from on average 1 billion over the past 2 months to a mere 631 million. In the meantime, Credit Suisse is continuing its climb in Principal PT.

Latest NYSE Program Trading data out. Program Trading volume continues to decline, with 3.4 billion shares traded, down 700 million from the week before. Most notable is Goldman's dramatic drop in principal trading, down from on average 1 billion over the past 2 months to a mere 631 million. In the meantime, Credit Suisse is continuing its climb in Principal PT.