Goldman Sachs is the anti-Softbank: Its corporate slides, rather than lying somewhere in the uncanny valley 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. 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 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 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.