Goldman Sachs is the anti-Softbank: Its corporate slides, rather than lying somewhere in the uncanny valley https://link.axios.com/click/30732193.593426/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL25... between genius and deranged, sometimes seem as though they're an entry in a contest for sheer emptiness. Why it matters: Goldman is going through something of an identity crisis at the moment and is placing a large bet on reinventing itself as an asset manager https://link.axios.com/click/30732193.593426/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjA.... In doing so, however, it seems to have removed most if not all of its institutional personality. For the record: Goldman's investor day presentation https://link.axios.com/click/30732193.593426/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29sZG1hbnNhY2h... features slides with titles like these: - "Committed to Deliver on Our Medium-Term Targets" - "Intensely Focused on Executing on Our Key Priorities" - "Breadth and Depth Across Various Dimensions" The winner, however, has to be this one: - "Platform Solutions: Innovative Platforms Delivering Solutions to Clients" Between the lines: "Platform Solutions" is the hollow name bestowed upon Goldman's troubled consumer-banking operation. (If you have an Apple Card, you're a customer.) - CEO David Solomon seems highly reluctant https://link.axios.com/click/30732193.593426/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjA... to give a straight answer to the question of whether or not it's going to be sold, in the wake of billions of dollars in losses.