Bair Calls for Break-Up of JP Morgan Chase

This is pretty big so I thought it deserved its own thread. Former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair calls for the break-up of JP Morgan Chase in the June 11 issue of Fortune Magazine, comparing Jamie Dimon to a chicken cornered in the coop and being pecked to death by the other chickens:

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/25/jp-morgan-chase-breakup/

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Eddie,

While I dislike Shelia Blair, I do think that she is right here - breaking up JP Morgan wouldn't be a bad thing. I do think that she's on to something with how she wants to have everything on hand and easily accessible in the event that JPM is either broken up or goes bankrupt. I'm not going to lie here but having a full list of reporting entities, operating partners, etc. makes far more sense especially for a firm of that size. The one thing that I'm surprised about though is that Shelia Blair didn't ask for Glass Stegal to be reinstated. You'd figure that this would be the first step to protect people from a potential JP Morgan breakup/bankruptcy.

 

Brian Moynihan is somewhere with a shit eating Grin on his face....Its JPM turn to be in the headlines for the next 3 months. The key is who is next

Eventus stultorum magister.
 

I for one support our new bank overlords

Glass should be reinstated

All wall street does is pull bright people from top schools to jobs that barely if at all benefit the economy and advancement of the human race

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