We examine the financial performance, risk, changing revenue and asset mix, prospects for future shareholder value creation and executive compensation of the 15 largest commercial banks in the US from 2001-2010. Aggregate revenue for large commercial banks in the US reached all-time highs in...

We revisit the conventional wisdom that high market P/E ratios forecast negative future stock returns. We identify a significant break in the stock return-P/E relationship at high levels of the market P/E. Starting from market P/E ratios of 21 or greater, 10-year real returns are in line with...