I know that we promised to be upbeat here. . .

but this a pretty cool graphic. At least it's in happy colors.


Double click the image to see the whole thing or here is the link.

The surprising thing to me on this representation is that the auto company asset base has shrunk so much.

And look how big Refco was. It didn't strike me at the time, but that should have been more of a coal mine canary than it was. Oh well, none so blind . . . . .

WaMu and Lehman combined tip the scale at just over a Trillion. Sounds about right, but that is a very serious number.