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Zaid Admani

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The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

In fact, it was Goldman's highest profit in about five years.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

But there was a problem.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Their fixed income trading business really disappointed.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Revenues actually dropped 10% to $4 billion.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

The bank blamed this on lower revenues coming from their interest rate products and mortgages.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

And because of that miss, Goldman stock is down around 4% this morning, despite the overall earnings beat.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Wall Street seems to be zeroing in on the fixed income division and wondering what it means for the rest of the year, especially with the Iran situation still unresolved.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

We'll get a better picture of the banking sector later this week when we hear from JP Morgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

So stay tuned for that.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Let's talk about some stocks making moves today.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Shares of Revolution Medicines are absolutely skyrocketing today after the biotech company announced a major breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

The company says that one of its drugs, which I'm not going to try to pronounce,

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

succeeded in a late stage phase three trial and almost doubled patient survival compared to chemotherapy.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Patients taking the pill lived a median of 13.2 months versus 6.7 for patients on chemotherapy.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

And the drug also cut the risk of death by 60%.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Now, pancreatic cancer has some of the lowest five-year survival rates of any major cancer at just 13%.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

And until now, the only treatment option for these patients was chemotherapy.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

So this will be a game changer.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

Revolution Medicine says it plans to move quickly and seek FDA approval.

The Rundown
U.S. Blockage of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher, Goldman Delivers Strong Earnings

That caught the attention of Wall Street and shares of the company are up more than 35% at the time of this recording.