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Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
Banker
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New York City
New York
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I'm not going to name anybody, but I think there are about five to 10 global institutions that will emerge as our primary competitors across the board. They're adjusting to this new world, like we are.
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On Wall Street, there is no Wall Street there are individuals.
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I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.
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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.
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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
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I also believe that most of the emerging economies have a fairly large amount of foreign exchange reserves, relative to 10 years ago.
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Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.
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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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Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
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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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We got a lot of excellent people and businesses from Bear and WaMu. But Bear definitely was more painful. WaMu got us into Florida, California, and other states, which was a huge benefit - to expand and grow and add middle-market, private banking, investment banking, and other products, too.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
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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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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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When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.
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Most CEOs are patriotic and most CEOs can see the problems in front of them, and they want to do something about it. We don't always agree about the ways and means, but the objective? We're totally together.
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It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].
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We had a lot of gridlock on a lot of issues. But, the American system is pretty resilient.
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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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I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
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