Whats importantt here is not that Alyenikov "stole the codes". It is what those codes contain tat any half baked defence attorney would want to subpoena. Firstly because it is at the heart of the allegations that landed this man in prison. Second it is important that it be argued that the codes if based it haas a mathematical basis may not after all belong to Goldman but to the world at large. It may not be proprietary material at all.

If you deduce all the evidence and by a process of deduction eliminate all of their (Goldmans) claims against the man, we may well find the recipe for Coca Cola and KFC and that of itself may cure the millions of ailments worldwide courtesy of their 'secret recipies' which conveniently allow them to circumvent FDA laws.

Similarly as an analogy Goldman like the other "great traders till caught" should be compelled to disclosure of the widest possible extent as it is the SEC and other regulator's failure to do so that has caused the crashes and frauds of our time.

Gopal

Why does Goldman make so much money?

That is the easiest question to answer in the history of time. They cheat and manipulate the market. Their computer program works by seeing small fluctuations in the market and following them with automatic large investment transfers which drives the price up. Then the program sells off at set level of profit and automaticaly enters a short position to gain profit from the selloff. The trading program is automated and has the power to move billions in fractions of a second.

All of this is done in very short time periods causing the $1-$2 fluctuations in the price of a stock during the day. Ever wonder why a certain stock goes up by 5% at 11:30 and then drops 3% by 1:30 only to go back up 6% by $3:30. That's Goldman's trading program. A 2-3% gain added together a few times a day, every trading day of the year can add up to massive profits. The manipulation goes unoticed because even a few hundred billion would get lost at the end of the day when trades are settled. When $4 Quadrillion changes hands a year what is a few hundred billion in fraudulent transactions.

Goldman's trading program should be illegal and make no mistake that Goldman Sachs rules the world. There is no organization more dangerous than Goldman Sachs. A terrorist could have a nuclear bomb in Washington and I would still fear Goldman more.

Connie Madon writes "Cardinal rule number one: "never let the "greed" monster enter your psyche. It will eventually destroy you."

Is this in reference to Serge or Goldman Sachs?

Iridium, in the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," the apes that first picked up bones and used them as weapons were able to take over the territories of the apes that were not as quick to use the environment to their advantage.

You say "Goldman's trading program should be illegal" but isn't their lightning fast program just evidence of a "bigger stick?"

In other words, I would like you to present evidence why Goldman Sachs' code should be illegal.

Furthermore, remember that from bones to nuclear weapons, once one entity picks them up, it's only a matter of time before a rival entity learns from this and does the same. Does not the leak and possible dissemination of the code simply mean that other entities will use such a code to their advantage?

Or does the code become useless once more than a single entity is using it?