Quote from RiceRocket:
Why is everyone looking at all these shit companies in the financials trying to find a bottom. Unless you can read their financial statements and know the future, you're catching a falling knife tipped with a bomb.
GS is the only financial in the US worth owning. Paulson knows how to tip them off, so they are always going to make it out on top.
If you want to play financials, use GS as a a proxy for the XLF. If any of the banks or broker dealers do better, GS is going higher.