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Goldman earnings drop 72% in first quarter

Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted a 72 percent decrease in first-quarter profit as it made less money from trading bonds for clients.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the Goldman Sachs stall
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the Goldman Sachs stall.Brendan Mcdermid / REUTERS

Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted a 72 percent decline in first-quarter profit as it made less money from trading bonds for clients.

The largest U.S. investment bank posted a profit to common shareholders of $908 million, or $1.56 a share, compared with $3.3 billion, or $5.59 a share, in the same quarter a year ago.

Results in the latest quarter were also hit by the repurchase of $5 billion of preferred shares from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The redemption resulted in a special preferred dividend of $1.64 billion. Excluding that charge, the bank would have earned $4.38 a share.

Revenue fell 7 percent.

Goldman Sachs set aside $5.23 billion for employee compensation in the quarter, a 5 percent decline from the same quarter last year.