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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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New York City
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All our clients know that we're there, we're steady, we do a good job, we earn a fair return for ourselves, which I think is critical.
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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.
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I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace and rationalization. And I think that's a good thing for a continent that went through hundreds of years of wars.
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Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.
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Usually, something that is fairly expected is already factored in. I also think that you have to think that America is raising rates because the economy is getting stronger.
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I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.
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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.
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The term too big to fail must be excised from our vocabulary.
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Good regulation should be conducive to business and to customer protection.
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Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.
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If I ran the whole place like it was my way or the highway, we would not be as good a company. I'm going to have mistakes - they'll be made on my watch and will embarrass me. But I'll also make sure the company learns from them so it can become a better company.
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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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We see very broad-based, moderate, growth. Most of the sectors are quite strong. I don't see any major potholes, and I believe [the economy] is strengthening.
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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.
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It can take a long time to get the rules in place that are conducive to growing, sometimes.
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I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.
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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 take smaller companies and middle-sized companies, all around the world, and we do currency exchange for them we raise bonds and equities for them and we do inventory finance, trade finance, and custody of assets.
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Any good job is a good job. This whole concept of a dead-end job? It's not true. I've heard it my whole life. Jobs lead to dignity. If you're good at the first, then you can get the second. Jobs lead to household formation. Jobs are a better solution for society.
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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.
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