Jamie Dimon

Dimon To Talk Trading Loss With Senate

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's Chief Executive Jamie Dimon will be invited to testify be...

How to Fix the Fed: Dismiss Dimon, Boot the Bankers, and Can the Corporations

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2012

Richard (RJ) Eskow

The question isn't whether we need a central bank: We do. The question is, Why is it dominated by the people who have already ruined the economy once -- and who have a clear conflict of interest?

Fed Official Essentially Calls For Dimon To Leave New York Fed

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.24.2012

Don't worry, Jamie Dimon. Even in the Facebook mess, you are not forgotten. Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George on Thursday said in...

Which Wall Street Party Do You Want to Vote For?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.24.2012

Joseph A. Palermo

It's an uphill climb for Obama to even mildly criticize Mitt Romney for being a vulture capitalist given his lack of accomplishment in holding anyone on Wall Street accountable for the economic carnage they wreaked.

Some Institutions Are Too Big to Succeed

Harlan Green | Posted 05.24.2012

Harlan Green

Whether out of ignorance or not understanding the ramifications of such high risk derivative hedges, CEOs such as JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimond apparently have little control over the trades such as caused the $2 billion loss.

Wall Street Reform: Taking a Knife to a Gunfight

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.24.2012

Sanjay Sanghoee

If Congress is truly serious about banking reform, it needs more than just well-intentioned laws: it also needs the right people to enforce those laws, it needs to give those people the resources they require to do their job properly, and it needs to pay them decently.

If We Can't Understand Them, We Should Just Break Them Up

Rep. Brad Miller | Posted 05.24.2012

Rep. Brad Miller

The biggest banks argue that if the lesser mortals who populate the institutions of democratic government don't understand the intricacies of their business, then we just shouldn't meddle.

JPMorgan Has A Worse Reputation Than Goldman Sachs Right Now

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.23.2012

Apparently an op-ed from a bitter employee and a $2 billlion trading loss will do about the same amount of damage to a big bank’s reputation. In ...

10 Reasons to Be Suspicious About Wall Street's Facebook Fiasco

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.23.2012

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Here are ten reasons why it makes sense to be suspicious of the Facebook IPO, starting with the fact that any overview of the three institutions which handled it might best be described as "rounding up the usual suspects."

Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism -- Both Romney's Bain and JPMorgan

Robert Reich | Posted 05.22.2012

Robert Reich

Bain Capital and JPMorgan are parts of the same problem -- a particular kind of capitalism that uses other peoples' money to make big bets which, if they go wrong, can wreak havoc on the economy. The president should be leading the charge against both.

Plop Goes the Weasel!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.22.2012

Michael Sigman

The ability to snatch the spotlight when good things happen and vanish the moment they go south is the domain of the credit weasel. Shamelessness is fundamental to superior credit weaseling. It's also a sine qua non for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.

Debate Over New Rules Heats Up In Wake Of JPMorgan Loss

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.22.2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators and lawmakers are renewing the focus on financial regulation in the wake of a multibillion-dollar trading loss ...

Citizen Bane

David Crisanti | Posted 05.21.2012

David Crisanti

I agree with Jonathan Macey's opinion piece in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal ("Losing Money isn't a Crime") that we don't need to vilify JPMorgan for...

Why a Banker Thinks Wall Street Should Be Regulated

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.21.2012

Sanjay Sanghoee

Most bankers are not the unethical and blindly greedy creatures that politicians and the media make them out to be; and there is no doubt that without the productive activities of the banking sector, no other industry in our nation would be able to survive or thrive. But that does not mean there isn't a ghost in the machine.

Jamie Dimon Complains More, As JPMorgan Chase Losses Eclipse $30 Billion

Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.21.2012

Mark Gongloff

Champion American complainer Jamie Dimon complained on Monday about Wall Street regulation, while also insisting he not be described as a complainer. ...

Luke Johnson

Protesters March To Geithner's House

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

WASHINGTON -- Protesters marched on Sunday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's home Sunday in Bethesda, Md., but got no response when they knocke...

Dimon On Trading Loss: 'It's An Embarrassment, It's A Black Mark'

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.22.2012

NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase is suspending plans to buy back its own stock, a little over a week after the bank posted a large trading loss. ...

Does JPMorgan's Derivatives Fiasco Portend the Collapse of Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.21.2012

Raymond J. Learsy

It is a grotesque symbol of how the Wall Street banks control our government. Mr. Dimon, sir, out of respect to our waning confidence in government institutions, your resignation from the Fed Board is well past due.

Jamie Dimon Should Resign From the Board Of The New York Fed

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

Simon Johnson

To have Jamie Dimon involved in overseeing the management of the New York Fed, an organization that oversees his activities, decisions, and potential losses, is no longer acceptable. We do not accept such conflicts of interest in other parts of American society.

Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain

Phil Angelides | Posted 05.21.2012

Phil Angelides

Jamie Dimon was hailed as the wizard of Wall Street. Until the revelation of JPMorgan Chase's disastrous derivatives bet, he was the man who supposedly could do no wrong. But, alas, even wizards are not all powerful, not in Oz and not when trading in financial derivatives.

Krugman: Romney's JPMorgan Stance 'Completely Clueless'

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.21.2012

Sometimes it’s hard to explain why we need strong financial regulation — especially in an era saturated with pro-business, pro-market propaganda. ...

JPMorgan Chase: Break Up the Big Banks Now. Here's How.

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.21.2012

Richard (RJ) Eskow

The JPMorgan Chase scandal -- and yes, it is a scandal -- shows us why we need to break up the big banks as quickly as possible.

Activists Visit Geithner's Home to Ask "Which Side Are You On?"

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.21.2012

Peter Dreier

The protesters consider Geithner the key architect of Obama's economic recovery plan and the loudest voice within the president's inner circle for taking a "hands off" approach to tougher government rules to tame Wall Street's risky practices.

Both Sides Now: Spitzer-Matalin on Chase Chastened & Bain Targeted

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.20.2012

HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgEliot & Mary debate how a bad bet in London -- shades of AIG! -- produced "told you sos" from those wanting a strong Volcker Rule. Is Regulation still evil? Then: the two debate opening partisan attacks on Bain and Debt.

Big Bank Time Bomb Ticking

Ted Kaufman | Posted 05.20.2012

Ted Kaufman

What is so abundantly clear is that the lack of transparency in derivatives trading, and the sheer complexity that is a by-product of that lack of transparency, really can make them "financial weapons of mass destruction."