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Goldman, M&A Mania, and that Night at San Pietro

Financial professionals sit in the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
William D. Cohan
September 8, 2021

Since I began writing my column for Puck, I’ve been inundated with feedback about Wall Street’s biggest characters and concerns. I’ll be engaging with some of those questions here—in addition to a few observations of my own.


Goldman Sachs cut its expectation for 2021 economic growth from 6 percent to 5.7 percent. Big deal? Little deal? No deal?