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HomeHigh, Hard Heat for JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon
Posted by Larry Doyle on June 13th, 2012 9:25 AM |
Most eyes on Wall Street will be fixated this morning on JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon as he provides Congressional testimony and faces questioning atop Capitol Hill.
Wall Street banks may be too big to fail, too big to manage properly, and too big to understand for most financial executives.
Jamie Dimon is unlike most financial executives.
Having worked at JP Morgan Chase for six years early last decade, I personally witnessed Dimon’s amazing level of detailed insight and analysis on more than one occasion. Do not think for a second that he was not fully aware of each and every exposure within JPM’s chief investment office. Impossible you think? (more…)
Bloomberg Bombshells re: JP Morgan $2B Loss
Posted by Larry Doyle on May 14th, 2012 7:54 AM |
Bloomberg just reported a couple of bombshells which, when digested, strike right at the integrity and veracity of JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s comments a month ago.
What did Bloomberg report?
The JPM traders managing the risk within this portfolio were known to execute trades over the course of the last few days of the month. Why is that so interesting and important?
If the firm had such large and unwieldy positions, this end of month trading activity would likely be seen as an indication that JP Morgan was trying to influence the month end pricing valuations of the indices in question. Those pricing valuations would obviously directly correlate with reported profits and losses. (more…)
