that s what your e-mail shows. i think the context, the message i took from the e-mail from mr. montag was that my performance on that deal wasn t good, and i think the fact that we had lost money related to that wasn t good. how about the fact that you sold hundreds of millions of that deal after your people knew it was a [ bleep ] deal, does that bother you at all? now goldman maintains it gave truthful testimony and it was not betting against clients. we did not have a massive net short position because our short positions were largely offset by our long positions and our financial results clearly demonstrate this point. they say that the people selling the crappy investments, shall we say, were betting and winning while most americans were winning. profits in 2008 were $2.3 billion. $13 billion a year later.
the allegations are contained in the 639-page report on the larger crisis in goldman s role in it. according to the report, investigators found evidence that goldman s sales people were peddling securities to clients based on shaky mortgages, mortgages they knew were shaky. at the same time traders were betting those securities would blow up. last april, senator levin asked the mortgage head about one called timber wolf. take a look. june 22 is the date of this e-mail. boy, that timber wolf was one [ bleep ] deal. how much of that [ bleep ] deal did you sell to your clients after june 22, 2007? mr. chairman, i don t know the answer to that, but the price would have reflected levels that they wanted to invest oh, of course. but you didn t tell them you thought it was a [ bleep ] deal. i didn t say that. no? who did?
that those securities would blow up, basically a scam. last april, senator levin asked the mortgage head about one called timber wolf. that goldman insiders were e-mailing about. take a look. june 22 is the date of this e-mail. boy, that timber wolf was one [ bleep ] deal. how much of that [ bleep ] deal did you sell to your clients after june 22, 2007? mr. chairman, i don t know the answer to that, but the price would have reflected levels that they wanted to invest oh, of course. but you didn t tell them you thought it was a [ bleep ] deal. i didn t say that. no? who did? your people, internally. you knew it was a [ bleep ] deal. that s what your e-mail shows. i think the context, the message i took from the e-mail from mr. montag was that my performance on that deal wasn t good, and i think the fact that we had lost money related to that wasn t good. how about the fact that you
at the same time traders were betting the firm s own money that those securities would blow up, basically a scam. last april, senator levin asked the mortgage head about one called timber wolf. that goldman insiders were e-mailing about. take a look. june 22 is the date of this e-mail. boy, that timber wolf was one [ bleep ] deal. how much of that [ bleep ] deal did you sell to your clients after june 22, 2007? mr. chairman, i don t know the answer to that, but the price would have reflected levels that they wanted to invest oh, of course. but you didn t tell them you thought it was a [ bleep ] deal. i didn t say that. no? who did? your people, internally. you knew it was a [ bleep ] deal. that s what your e-mail shows. i think the context, the message i took from the e-mail from mr. montag was that my performance on that deal wasn t good, and i think the fact that
the 639-page report on the larger crisis in goldman s role in it. according to the report, investigators found evidence that goldman s sales people were peddling securities to clients based on shaky mortgages, mortgages they knew were shaky. at the same time traders were betting those securities would blow up. last april, senator levin asked the mortgage head about one called timber wolf. take a look. june 22 is the date of this e-mail. boy, that timber wolf was one [ bleep ] deal. how much of that [ bleep ] deal did you sell to your clients after june 22, 2007? mr. chairman, i don t know the answer to that, but the price would have reflected levels that they wanted to invest oh, of course. but you didn t tell them you thought it was a [ bleep ] deal. i didn t say that. no? who did? your people, internally. you knew it was a [ bleep ] deal.