Goldman and Lehman exceed expectations
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Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers yesterday surprised analysts by posting better than expected third-quarter profits.
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Lehman Brothers reported standout second-quarter earnings.
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Outstanding ROIC and market-beating performance go hand-in-hand for these stocks.
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Investment bank stocks rose strongly  Tuesday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and Lehman  Brothers Holding Inc. LEH.N reported surprisingly strong  third-quarter results, indicating that sluggish market  conditions this summer did not dent Wall Street earnings.
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Goldman Sachs reported strong fourth quarter and full year earnings of $1.19bn, up 36 per cent on the previous quarter. Full year profit rose 52 per cent from the previous year to $4.55bn.
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Strong results from Barclays (NYSE:BCS) on Tuesday offset news of further writedowns at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS), while a strong open on Wall Street helped European euqities to a second session of gains.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as a timely bet against subprime mortgages and higher investment banking fees helped it sidestep the credit crunch that hammered the rest of Wall Street.
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Goldman Sachs comes out with earnings that solidly beat estimates; change at the top at Eli Lilly and SprintNextel; Apple's iPhone to go on sale in Japan.
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US stocks closed slightly higher Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N   on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose more than   analysts expected, as trading and investment management revenue   jumped.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday that its quarterly profit rose 93 percent on investment gains, banking fees and strong trading results.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 27 percent, beating expectations, on surging revenue from bond underwriting and stock trading.
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The results surpassed Wall Street's expectations in both sales and profit, with fourth-quarter earnings reaching $3 billion for the first time in the company's history.
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Goldman Sachs raised Citigroup Inc  debt to "outperform" from "in-line" on Friday, a day after the company said it plans to rescue $49 billion of structured investment vehicles.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday, beating estimates, on record investment banking fees and strong stock trading.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose as its fixed-income, currency and commodities business soared while a rebounding stock market boosted investment banking.
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Goldman Sachs reiterated an &quot;outperform&quot; rating and raised estimates for third-quarter revenue and earnings before interest depreciation and amortization for Yahoo!