Jamie Dimon quotes

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time. (Jamie Dimon)
Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions. View quote
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If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing. View quote
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Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor. View quote
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No one can forecast the economy with certainty. View quote
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Remember that banks aren't markets. The market is amoral. The market doesn't care who you are. You're a trade to the market. The market will sell you if they think you're riskier. Banks didn't do that. View quote
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Scale can create value for shareholders; for consumers, who are beneficiaries of better products, delivered more quickly and at less cost; for the businesses that are our customers; and for the economy as a whole. View quote
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It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world. View quote
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If you're making all your money simply betting on interest rates, that's not a business. Flow is a business. On the outside, they look the same for a while. But when you dig into them, no, they weren't exactly the same. View quote
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You know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let's dig deep.' View quote
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The United States has the best, deepest, widest, and most transparent capital markets in the world which give you, the investor, the ability to buy and sell large amounts at very cheap prices. That is a good thing. (Jamie Dimon)
It is vital for officials and regulators to have input from people within our businesses who understand the intricacies of how financial markets operate and the consequences of certain policy decisions. View quote
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You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, 'It could have been much better.' View quote
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers. View quote
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The term 'too big to fail' must be excised from our vocabulary. View quote
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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business. View quote
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Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo. View quote
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If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker. View quote
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The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. View quote
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The real story in housing will be a recovery in the economy that will drive a recovery in housing, When people are working, when there are more jobs, more households forming and people go back to buying cars, they're going to want their apartments and homes. And that's when you'll start to see a recovery in home prices. View quote
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I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be. (Jamie Dimon)
You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system. View quote
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If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder. View quote
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JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously its a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it. View quote
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It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system. View quote
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