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Such terrible timing on top of an already awful situation.
excuse the ironic logic in what im about to say but you cant be retroactive about risk management, only proactive about it.. i never understood why axing CEOs over certain semi one time issues or other people when theyve generally done very well happens so often, esp when they get golden parachutes into other cozy exec jobs at other places right after (unless youre dick fuld )
So your saying that the billions loss are simply the work of a rogue team led by Drew and Iksil? These guys aren’t Jerome Kerviel, at Societe Generale or Nick Leeson at Barings Bank.
Yet, Dimon, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday said that he just didn’t realize what a terrible job Drew and her team were doing when he brushed off concerns as a “tempest in a teapot.”
Scapegoating is a standard Wall Street and NCAA practice. Junior executives are always the ones to pay the price in a scandal i.e. Dick Fuld at Lehman Brothers, Jimmy Cayne at Bear Stearns and John Mack at Morgan Stanley, which all have fired subordinates when their respective firms were under fire.
and heres a ton of money! while we put a lesser capable person in woo lol
Assuming a DV01 of $100 million on a 5 year contract means a notional of $200B, why not just hold the contract to maturity?
1.) Never enter a position that you will need to get out of later. 2.) Ideally, if you are a big player like JPM, buy into a position that you intend to double or triple down in. --->3.) Talk your book, say you hate this position. That it is an albatross around your neck, etc. --->4.) Watch the market move against you. --->5.) Double or triple down into a position you can stay liquid and solvent in for a long time, and do it at a better price.
Not sure about how these trades exactly work but what about the repo financing terms that accumulate? The longer you wait the more you're bleeding and misallocating capital that could be put to better use elsewhere.
Great video
Not even considering London, this is a gift to Democrats in the US pushing for more regulation. You will hear accusations of "gambling with taxpayer money" going into November, as inaccurate as that statement is. It lets them deflect attention from the trinity of the deficit, fiscal cliff, and unemployment, and onto the "evil" financial institutions.
The GOP wants to put in a Wall Street guy? He'll gamble away the all your money! Really, the timing could hardly be worse with the election and much of Dodd Frank still to be written.
anyone else thought it was strange that the redhead chick said "effectively" almost 10 times in her interview.
One thing for sure, Occupy LSE is going to start all over again... :(
haha, I'm in the part of 'when genius failed' where LTCM management starts realizing that the only spreads widening are theirs and not every spread. The market does try to stomp the wounded....
Dimon = shoddy risk management = London whale = fuel for democratic regulators = overly stringent Dodd frank and volcker rule and Obama getting reelection
I think it's important to acknowledge how this trading debacle could be the one event that not only keeps the economy stagnant but has permanent influences on the bank ficc market making business
I think more on this forum should be really angry at jpm and dimon
what effects will this have on other divisions at j.p. morgan? are we ultimately looking at weaker recruiting? if the trading loss doesn't do it financially, will the reputation damage be the cause?
any input from current employees and their positions would be appreciated
It would be a shame to see Jamie Dimon go. One of my favorite cats and team builders going all the way to his days at Capital One.
I respect Dimon and this is just a bad hiccup but IBs should not be able to prop trade. Leave that to hedge funds. Why? Because banks get bailed out and hedge funds do not. LTCM's guys lost everything that they invested in their fund. There's less downside for an IB.
Stop the combination of socialism for losses and capitalism for profits.
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