The financial crisis has been a humbling experience for every participant in the financial system. The events of the past few years have put a particular focus on risk management, its failures and its economic implications. At Goldman Sachs, we have dealt with both the challenges of navigating the crisis itself and with questions about our actions before and during the crisis. Our risk management and business practices in the mortgage market have received much attention. In that connection, we would like to make the following points: against the . housing market, and the firm was not consistently or significantly.