This is a forward I received today, not sure of the original source, please let me know if you are aware of the proper attribution:
This is a great analogy of how bad the current financial crisis is and how overvalued it was a year ago.
One year ago… RBS paid $100 billion for ABN Amro.
Today… The same amount could now buy:
Recent Market Capitalizations of Major Banks
And still have $8bn change……with which you would be able to pick up GM, Ford, Chrysler and the Honda F1 Team. Amazing!
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