December 20, 2022 | Premium Service | A couple of readers have asked questions about some of the more volatile banks in the group, particularly Goldman Sachs (CS) and Capital One (COF). These are two specialty banks that are long on market and credit risk and short on stable core deposit funding. Add to the list Citigroup (C), a mostly offshore, two-legged stool of a global bank with capital markets married to consumer finance, but no asset management to add stability. This ragged band of misfit toyz comprise the outliers on our bank surveillance list as 2022 ends.
