'Obviously you don't like Canadian banks... fair enough. So since they're truly in such horrible shape as you describe... and since they're "still" the soundest banks in the worlds whether you like them or not, I guess the entire world is much more worse off than anybody realized prior to the enlightenment you've shared with us."You have to look at who's rating them as the most sound, up until the crash AIG was rated triple a by s&p, so don't believe everything you read. I don't want to get caught up in your strawman about what banks I'd recommend, but I'll throw one out there since I like them - Macquarie.