Jamie Dimon

In the US, after the initial V-shaped basing effect of the re-opening, we have moved into a more steady state uptick in output and growth. Having seen the data since June, I believe we exited recession with the re-opening and are now far…

As always, I have a lot of links on Monday. Three or four stories have dominated the news in each market for the past week. In the US, it is about either JPMorgan Chase's escalating losses, Facebook's IPO or the general aimlessness of the…

I spoke to Paul Waldie and Brian Milner of the Globe & Mail on BNN's headline on Monday. The big story was JPMorgan Chase and the London Whale trades. JPMorgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon, as the leading lobbyists for the hands-off…

Jamie Dimon's 17-minute interview by Maria Bartiromo below was done earlier in the week before JPMorgan Chase released their numbers. The numbers were good, showing quarterly profits of $4.8 billion or $1.12 a share. Dimon expects to resume…

I have been reading the press accounts on the William Daley appointment as President Obama's Chief of Staff. Bo Cutter is impressed and says "the new Obama Team will get things done" because "Bill Daley can build…

The Jamie Dimon piece in today’s Washington Post is a must-read. Dimon, head of behemoth JPMorgan Chase makes the best case for not breaking up large too-big-to-fail financial institutions. His idea: set up a robust resolution process and…

In a 9-page Vanity Fair article “Wall Street’s Near-Death Experience,”giving us a sneak peek into the lives of bankers during the global meltdown last Autumn a hilarious quote of great significance was buried. At issue was the near-death…

Last week I was at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to listen to their ideas on how to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems like poverty and education. I may have more to say about this topic in a later post, but I…

On the back of a decent quarter at JPMorgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon has signalled his desire to repay government money as quickly as possible and remove the strings attached to that money.  Dimon has often said that JPMorgan Chase did not…

It's interesting to hear a chief executive of a major Wall Street firm speak openly and on the record about the economy. So, it's refreshing to watch this video and see Jamie Dimon's take on a number of economic issues ncluding house prices…