But in recent months, Goldman has steered clear of the negative finance coverage dominating the headlines, most notably the huge trading losses at JPMorgan Chase and the growing scandal involving certain banks' manipulation of interest rates.
During his term, Vázquez was credited with improving an economy that had been beset by years of negative growth; financing social programs; and investigating disappearances, murders, and other crimes committed under the military regime.
Or the Orwellian "Negative External Financing Limit" that saw the Treasury cream off £2.4bn of its profits, or the government-imposed 13-year pension holiday that has landed it with a £6.8bn pension deficit that has become a rod to beat it with.
Even with the low mortgage rates of recent years, a lot of people bought by using by high-test "negative amortization" financing or its evil twin, the "interest-only" loan.
That would provide little comfort to Mr. Obama or his Democratic allies who may have found themselves buried by an avalanche of negative advertising financed by groups like Crossroads.
Mr. Gingrich also renewed his complaints about what he said was Mr. Romney's barrage of negative attacks, financed by what Mr. Gingrich said were wealthy backers from Wall Street and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Murphy, a traditional Democrat in a deep blue state, has the support of labor and women's groups, but he has struggled to dig out from beneath an avalanche of negative advertising financed by tens of millions of dollars from Ms. McMahon's personal fortune.
Many homeowners in the eurozone, including Ireland, remain heavily indebted, with many financing negative equity loans.
But they also spell trouble on a broader front because negative market and financing conditions in the home-building sector adversely affect the national economy.
The world is awash in financial liquidity mainly due to appreciated house values, the negative U.S. corporate financing gap and the American balance of payments deficit.
