New adage

Prices from March 16, 2008 — the day Bear Stearns went belly up — to today, March 16, 2012.

JPMorgan Chase +22.3%
Wells Fargo +19.8%
Goldman Sachs (21.5%)
NYSE Euronext (50.1%)
Morgan Stanley (50.7%)
Bank of America (74.1%)
Citigroup (81.7%)

To Hell with the Rumor, Sell the News (Bear Collapse) - TBP