One year ago Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) paid $100bn for ABN Amro. For this amount it could now buy:

- Citibank $22.5bn
- Morgan Stanley $10.5bn
- Goldman Sachs $21bn
- Merrill Lynch $12.3bn
- Deutsche Bank $13bn
- Barclays $12.7bn

And still have $8bn change which would allow you to pick up:

- GM
- Ford
- Chrysler and
- The Honda F1 Team