The mind boggles at the prowess of our distinguished financial institutions to capitalize, monetize and perform other such generally fraudulent acts on behalf of the befuddled taxpayer.  Goldman earns another 3.19 billon (albeit somewhat less valuable) dollars and sets aside 5.35 for compensation and benefits. One can clearly see that the employees are getting absolutely screwed here: they could have had that 3 billion added to their compensation if it was not for those pesky shareholders.