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...name-calling is fun - and, to some extent, merited. But Goldman's place at the top of the Wall Street heap can easily be explained. Same goes for JPMorgan Chase, Goldman's somewhat less controversial partner in profit. The No. 1 reason these two banks are doing so much better than their rivals is that they're better at what they do than their rivals...
...JPMorgan Chase has an even longer and more storied history. It's a direct descendant of the House of Morgan that dominated Wall Street a century ago. But it's also an agglomeration of Chase Manhattan, Chemical Bank, Manufacturers Hanover, First Chicago, National Bank of Detroit, Bank One, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, among others, and this mishmash has only come together as a coherent whole since renowned details guy Jamie Dimon took over as CEO in 2005. "The teamwork culture at JPMorgan Chase is really Jamie Dimon," Ellis says...
...teams at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase avoided giant missteps in the lead-up to last fall's panic and are now wresting market share from wounded competitors and raking in billions. They've already paid back the bailout funds they got in October, which means they're exempt from compensation limits and can disburse their gains to employees in the form of titanic end-of-year bonuses. That's how capitalism is supposed to work, right? (Read "Hooray for Boring Banks...
...compared to rivals, Citi's performance looks even paler. Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo both reported higher earnings in the second quarter than a year ago. JPMorgan's earnings were down from a year ago, but it still outperformed Citi in many parts of its business. Investment-banking revenues at Citi, for instance, fell 13% in the second quarter from a year ago; JPMorgan's investment-banking revenues rose 29% in the same time, according to Bernstein's McDonald. Then there's the issue of talent loss. As Citigroup's troubles have continued, the bank has begun to lose executives...
...rivals. In the third quarter, the bank had a so-called net charge-off ratio, which is the percentage of loans that are likely to not be paid back compared to total loans, of 5.1%, according to CreditSights. That compares to a charge-off ratio of 2.6% for JPMorgan and 3.6% for Bank of America...