The Two Largest Russian Banks Have Substantially Outperformed the Four Largest US Banks in Earnings Growth So Far During the Trump Administration ..... AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE and All Six Banks Are Audited By Big 4 CPA Firms ........................................................................................

The Big 4 US Banks Generated Total Pretax Income of US$115.251 Bil in Annual 2017, Up Only 2% From That in Annual 2016

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On the Other Hand, the Two Largest Russian Banks Generated Total Pretax Profit of Russian Rubles RR 1,103 Bil in Annual 2017, Up an Exceptional 48% From That in Annual 2016

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The Big 4 US Banks Generated Total Pretax Income of US$63.981 Bil in the First Six Months of 2018, Up 5% From That in the First Six Months of 2017

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Russian VTB Bank Posted Total Pretax Profit of RR 122.6 Bil in the First Six Months of 2018, Up 58% From That in the First Six Months of 2017

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By Far the Largest Russian Bank Sberbank Posted Total Pretax Profit of RR 264.4 Bil in the First Three Months of 2018, Up 27% From That in the First Three Months of 2017.  Sberlank Has Not Yet Released Its June 2018 Quarter IFRS Earnings.

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This is Another Reason Why Russia is Being So Active in Its Cyber Attacks Related to the US November 2018 Elections

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From a review of SEC filings and Investor Relation Websites, the below chart shows for the past 18 months reported earnings information for the 4 Largest US Banks and the 2 Largest Russian Banks.

					US	US
	US	US			GAAP	GAAP
	GAAP	GAAP			Pretax	Pretax
	Pretax	Pretax			Income	Income
	Income	Income			From	From
	From	From			Continuing	Continuing
	Continuing	Continuing	%		Operations	Operations	%
	Operations	Operations	Change		Six Months	Six Months	Change
	Annual	Annual	Better		June	June	Better
	2017	2016	(Worse)		2018	2017	(Worse)
	Bils US$s	Bils US$s			Bils US$s	Bils US$s
Big 4 US Banks
JPMorgan Chase	35.900	34.536	4%		21.234	18.090	17%
Bank of America	29.213	25.021	17%		16.892	15.441	9%
Wells Fargo	27.377	32.120	-15%		13.820	15.997	-14%
Citigroup	22.761	21.477	6%		12.035	11.659	3%
Total all 4	115.251	113.154	2%		63.981	61.187	5%
					IFRS	IFRS
	IFRS	IFRS			GAAP	GAAP
	GAAP	GAAP			Pretax	Pretax
	Pretax	Pretax	%		Profit	Profit	%
	Profit	Profit	Change		Six Months	Six Months	Change
	Annual	Annual	Better		June	June	Better
	2017	2016	(Worse)		2018	2017	(Worse)
	Bils RRs	Bils RRs			Bils RRs	Bils RRs
Big 2 Russian Banks
Sberbank (1st Quarter in 2018)	943.200	677.500	39%		264.400	207.800	27%
VTB Bank (1st Half in 2018)	159.700	65.500	144%		122.600	77.800	58%
Total of Both	1,102.900	743.000	48%