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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.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.
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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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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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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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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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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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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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The yen is trading where it's trading because people are guessing about people's future interest rates, dollar and yen and about the future growth potential of the economies. And, if this policy works, then the yen will probably strengthen.
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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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I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.
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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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Dodd-Frank is 2,000 pages long. It covers thousands of rules, regulations, interpretations and things like that.
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If you went to all those little towns in America, JPMorgan was there in good times and bad times, and, in fact, helped a lot of people through the tough times. And we know that's when they need us the most.
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I think what you've seen them do recently in the markets is what most of us learn doesn't ultimately work. But I think everyone has to figure that on their own.
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More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
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We're diversified, we're stable and consistent. Our businesses benefit from each other.
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We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day we were allowed to.
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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 agree with people who say we want more income equality we want more consumer protection and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.
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If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing.
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