Goldman Sachs may have been in the news for the wrong reasons at the end of last week, but it is hard to argue with its 2009 trading record.

It earned more than $100m (€74m) on a record 131 trading days. It also never lost more than $153m in a day, the amount stipulated by its risk models, up from 13 days when it exceeded equivalent levels in 2008, according to regulatory filings.