Lazard (LAZ) has left Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) in the dust by outperforming these two behemoths since early February. The SharpChart below shows year-to-date performance for these three stocks and the Finance SPDR (XLF). GS is near break even for the year, MS is down over 6% and XLF is down around 1.5%. Lazard, on the other hand, is up just over 10% and showing relative strength.