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A Hundred Billion Here, a Hundred Billion There

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 05.28.2012

Mitch Feierstein

Last week the Financial Times ran a piece which opened thus: "Greece's banking system is being propped up by an estimated €100 billion provided by the country's central bank -- approved secretly by the European Central Bank." The news barely made it into the U.S. press.

Barney Frank Takes Strong Position On JP Morgan Fiasco

Posted 05.28.2012

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) says that JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss earlier this month reaffirms the argument for regulating Wall Street. In an ...

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...

How Financial Criminalization Crashed Economy, Goes Unpunished

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.23.2012

Charles Ferguson

It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the financial sector has become criminalized, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud.

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.

Financial Regulation: How to Find the Right Balance

Philip Jennings | Posted 05.21.2012

Philip Jennings

JP Morgan's multi-billion punt is the latest evidence that the financial sector remains a minefield five years on from the initial crisis. Despite the efforts of regulators there is a vacuum at the heart of financial global governance.

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. ...

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.

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."

Friday Talking Points -- Good Enough for My Money

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.18.2012

Chris Weigant

It was a somewhat eclectic week in politics. The House -- in one of their rare moments when they actually meet and attempt to get something done -- passed a bunch of bills which have exactly zero chance of becoming law. Well, at least they had fun, right?

This Is Our Best Chance to Fix Wall Street

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 05.18.2012

Sen. Jeff Merkley

Let's be clear: There's nothing wrong with high-risk trading, but if the bets go bad, only the people who made the bets should have to pay. This sort of gambling should happen in hedge funds, not in the federally-insured banks that families and small businesses depend on.

70 Trillion Reasons JP Morgan Is Too Big

Ron Galloway | Posted 05.22.2012

Ron Galloway

According to the Office Of The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) the value of the derivatives on the books at J.P Morgan is $70 trillion. That's nearly 5 times the size of our economy. That's more than the entire world economy. At one bank.

Geithner to Dimon: Resign From the Board of the New York Fed

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.17.2012

Simon Johnson

In the diplomatic language of Treasury communications, Mr. Geithner has just told Jamie Dimon to resign from the New York Fed board. It looks bad -- and it is bad -- to have him on the board of this key part of the Federal Reserve System at a time when his bank is under investigation with regard to its large trading losses and the apparent failure of its risk management system. If Mr. Dimon resigns, that is a major humiliation and recognition -- at the highest levels of government -- that even the country's best connected banker has overstepped his limits. If, as seems more likely, Mr. Dimon stays in place, that would be a great victory for the big banks -- and a reminder of who is really in charge of the country.

While JPMorgan Chase Loses Its Lunch, Some Janitors in Their Building Can Barely Pay for Theirs

Jose Suarez | Posted 05.17.2012

Jose Suarez

While Jamie Dimon was preparing an explanation to his shareholders, the janitors that clean the financial offices owned by JPMorgan Chase in downtown Miami were wondering if they could just get paid what they are owed.

Obama Wants Tough Rules After JP Morgan Losses

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2012

* White House/Treasury step up talks * Discussions signal political impact of big loss WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Th...

Greece Should Not Influence the U.S. Markets: the U.S. Should

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.16.2012

Georges Ugeux

Greece is a convenient excuse. Let's correct our own weaknesses, starting from public indebtedness, rather than pointing the finger towards Europe.

On Financial Genius and Banking Boo-boos

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.16.2012

Robert Teitelman

The columns, blogs, tweets and sober cud-chewing over the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. trading debacle continues. What have we learned? Well, not as much as you'd think, given the notion that the Internet is the greatest investigative reporter since Woodward and Bernstein.

What Makes You Madder: JPMorgan's Recklessness or the Fed's Cluelessness?

Jane White | Posted 05.16.2012

Jane White

We not only need to rein the banks in but we've got to delegate the responsibility for measuring household wealth -- and hopefully come up with ways to boost it -- to an agency that's more in touch with "the 99%."

The Hidden Message in JP Morgan's $2-Billion Loss

Dan Solin | Posted 05.15.2012

Dan Solin

The real skill of these "wealth managers" lies in their ability to convince you they have an expertise that doesn't exist. This latest debacle is one more example demonstrating that these investment gurus are emperors with no clothes, a significant, little-understood peril to your financial security.

Zach Carter

Obama's Quandry: Bashing Blundering Banks While Courting Wall Street Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's response to JPMorgan Chase's spectacular trading failure underscores a persistent tension in his presidency -- ...

Mark Gongloff

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan CEO, Safe For Now Despite Trading Loss, FBI Probe

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.16.2012

So just how much trouble is Jamie Dimon really in? And what would it take for him to actually lose his job? You'd need an industrial-grade spatula ...

Jamie Dimon's "Tempest In A Tea Pot"

Charles Gasparino | Posted 05.17.2012

Charles Gasparino

There's got to be bigger scandals out there that cost bank customers real money, and actually lead to real losses that could put a company's survival in jeopardy. The JP Morgan trading loss is neither and not by a long shot.

D.M. Levine

Jamie Dimon Defends Lobbying, Fends Off Critics At Shareholders Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.15.2012

At the annual JPMorgan Chase shareholders meeting on Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla., CEO Jamie Dimon offered what amounted to a spirited defense of th...

Banks Push For Trading Loophole, Would Allow For More Whale Fails

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.15.2012

U.S. banks might act worried about how JPMorgan Chase's trading pratfall will lead to tighter regulations on their own risky bets, but they've already...

D.M. Levine

Derivatives Cassandra On JPMorgan: Told You So

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.15.2012

To Brooksley Born, JPMorgan Chase's trading blowup looks a lot like the Long-Term Capital Management debacle of 14 years ago. It's "happening all o...