Friend and blog reader, Neal sent in
an interesting article, "
If Banks Were Musicians, Citigroup Would Be Ozzy: Mark Gilbert."
Investment banks have personalities that are reflected in how they go about their business and how their peers view them. Bands express their character traits through the music they make and the company they keep. What happens when you match banks with musicians?
Naturally Mick Jagger and the boys in The Rolling Stones are equal to Goldman Sachs. If you are any kind of reader of this blog, you see a Guns N' Roses obsession. The
article compares Axl and the new band to
HSBC:
Guns N' Roses has been poised to release ``Chinese Democracy'' for a decade. While some tracks have been performed live or been leaked in rough form, the album itself still isn't available. HSBC Holdings Plc has been poised to use its platform in Asian investment banking as the springboard to become a fully fledged global investment bank for at least as long.
Does that make Blue October a Sterling Bank since they are both popular in Houston? And who is Motley Crue?
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