The Institutional Risk Analyst

Whalen Global Advisors LLC (WGA) has published the latest edition of the WGA Top 50 Banks, the fifty top performing large commercial banks in the US. Drawn from the members of Peer Group 1 and other sources, WGA screens the group based upon five proprietary measures of financial and market performance.

GS had not appeared in the top 25 since we began the indices a year ago, while MS had made it three times.

The banking industry has segmented into a handful of above-average performers and JPM is the largest leader of these "winners"

Not all banks or companies are the same and not all follow the herd.