Bank Market Caps

If you want to know how hard banks really have been hit by the whole credit crisis take a look at these data. I think the way to present this is pretty good, really highlights who the big losers are.



You thought Morgan Stanley or Goldman did so poorly that they were forced to become bank holding companies? You think the credit crisis is an American bank phenomenon and that European banks are not as vulnerable? Look at JPMorgan or Goldman, then look at Barclays or RBS. Then again, look at Citigroup. Yeah, it seems totally great to pump more and more and more money into them.