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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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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.
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Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.
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I think normalization is a good thing.
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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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I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.
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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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The term too big to fail must be excised from our vocabulary.
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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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I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?' They feel a tremendous pressure to grow. Well, sometimes you can't grow. Sometimes you don't want to grow. In certain businesses, growth means you either take on bad clients, excess risk, or too much leverage.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
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We represent companies from around the world who say, I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan.
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I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.
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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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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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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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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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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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Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things then we'll buy them.
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I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.
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Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as a declining population, and [to] make it more conducive to women to go to work, I think, is a plus.
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