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You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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And if you're going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself? Would I want to work for you in this job? Would I let my children work for you? Would I give you this job if I wasn't there to provide oversight? If you went to run another company, would I, as an investor, invest in that company?
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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter.
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We invested in the downturn and we never stopped serving our clients.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
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Our investment bank looks like it does because its customers like our expansive network and want to do equity, debt, M&A, custody, move money, deposit money, et cetera.
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We, Americans, have the best country on the planet. We have schools, universities, food, water, energy, peaceful neighbors, low corruption, you name it, deepest and widest capital markets. That doesn't mean we shouldn't identify problems. We don't have a divine right to success.
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Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
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We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.
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Companies are returning a lot of money to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. And a lot of people say that's not a good use of capital. I think that's normal reallocation of capital.
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The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.
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I hate the word universal, because I don't know exactly what it means. The question is, does it work for the client? Travelers was a diversified, financial conglomerate that did very well. The businesses had nothing to do with each other.
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Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .
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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.
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The third arrow (of structural reform) is critically important. Japan has some of the best companies in the world, and if you look at their technology, their capability, it's extraordinary.
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There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.
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I think the Republicans have really thoughtful financial policies, and I'm more in the middle on taxation.
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My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and send it to another vault. Then somebody said, Let's digitize it and have one vault. Now the DTCC clears and settles almost everything, and the cost of doing a trade is a tenth of what it was before.
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I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.
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