With Goldman Sachs issuing a rare miss on Tuesday, investors are wonder what its profit report means for the sector as a whole.

As you likely know, Goldman stunned many of its tried and true fans when the firm said that its quarterly earnings tumbled 82 percent, steeper than forecast.

The firm blamed recent weakness on lower trading revenues and a one-off charge for its settlement of civil fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Nonetheless, the results raised questions about whether the firm is losing its ability to outsmart the competition.