Goldman Sachs Kicks Off Earnings Season

In this occurrence of Motley Fool Money, Motley Fool contributors Jon Quast, Rachel Warren, and Jason Hall discuss:

• Goldman Sach’s Q1 2026 fiscal report.

• Economic trends to ticker during net season.

• The impacts from caller U.S. blockades.

• A listener question astir SpaceX and large banal indexes.

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This podcast was recorded connected April 13, 2026.

Jon Quast: It's the commencement of earning season, and Goldman Sachs is kicking america off. You're listening to Motley Fool Money. Welcome to Motley Fool Money with the Hidden Gems team. I'm Jon Quast, and I'm joined contiguous by Fool contributors Rachel Warren and peculiar impermanent Jason Hall today. Thank you each for being with us.

Look, we're going to get close to our archetypal communicative here, and that is the concern slope Goldman Sachs conscionable reported fiscal results. I conscionable privation to, for context, enactment retired determination that each 3 months, publically traded companies study their fiscal results to investors. Usually these reports concentrated each successful a fewer weeks of a timespan. That's what we telephone net season. It's not required, but it's conscionable however it happens. There's ever banking companies that footwear america off. Investment Bank Goldman Sachs is truly the archetypal 1 retired of the gross with archetypal 4th of 2026 results present this morning, Rachel, let's speech astir the numbers. What are conscionable a mates of numbers present that investors should beryllium interested?