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Dear Mr. Berko: In early May, I bought 50 shares of Goldman Sachs at $201, believing it would split 2- for-1, double its dividend to $2.80 and, within a year, run back up to its pre-split price. In respond- ing to my letter, you told me that I should sell the stock because you thought sen- ior management was "disingenu- ous" (I had to look up that word) and that some profes- sionals believe that its powerful trading desks had manipulated the mortgage and oil markets in a way that could lead to a federal investigation. Now that the price of oil seems to be going lower and the mortgage market has settled, has your opinion changed on Goldman Sachs?

S.A.,

Vancouver, Wash.

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