GOLDMAN SACHS: The stock market's turbulent first quarter created a bonanza for 2 groups of companies (ICE, NTRS)

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• Volatility made a dramatic comeback to the stock market in the first quarter.
• As a result, trading volumes and portfolio turnover increased.
• This should benefit the first-quarter earnings of trust banks and stock exchanges, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

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While some investors count their losses from the first quarter, Goldman Sachs is betting that renewed volatility was a boon for a small group of companies.

Stock market volatility made a dramatic comeback in Q1, with no shortage of news to spook investors, from an impending trade war to inflation scares.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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