goldman sachs group inc is next out of the gate with firstquarter earnings profit fell 18 from one year ago to 323 billion that amounted to 879 per share beating the 814 per share that analysts polled by factset had expected the big news goldman sold part of its marcus loans portfolio booking a loss of about 470 million it transferred the rest of the portfolio to “held for sale” the bank has been paring back its main street ambitions