[JumpCrisscross]

> an underlying trend of continued growth

I understand the reasoning, and frankly agree with it. It's just funny. I don't remember banks, post-crisis, breaking their numbers out so overtly. Usually it was "less one-time charges" or something similarly circuitous.

[jacques_chester]

This is sort of why GAAP and IFRS are constantly-evolving reporting standards: companies always want to present the best-possible version of events and investors always want to know the bad news.