Goldman Sachs posts earnings of $5.94 a share vs $4.26 expected

Wall Street expected the company to post first-quarter profit of $4.26 per share on revenue of $9.35 billion, according to a Thomson Reuters consensus estimate. Goldman's stock has risen 30 percent in the last 12 months, outperforming fellow Dow Jones component JPMorgan Chase in the same time period.. JPMorgan Chase kicked off the corporate earnings season on...