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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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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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Well, if you were the American public, you saw a catastrophe. In general, you would say, The biggest institutions of America - Washington, broadly, and Wall Street, broadly - they're to blame. And, broadly, they're right.
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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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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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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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The transaction reflects our disciplined strategy of investing capital in core businesses where we can leverage scale and expertise for competitive advantage. In addition to being a great strategic fit, the deal is compelling financially.
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We're diversified, we're stable and consistent. Our businesses benefit from each other.
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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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India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and to lift up the Indian people. And we're hopeful that that's going to create positive momentum.
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It might be harder for us to charge a higher interest rate, like they do, so it might not be as profitable for us. But we can either compete or partner, like we've announced with On Deck, which does some of the stuff we just spoke about.
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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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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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As countries get wealthier - all of them, together - you're going to have financial assets. That is a good thing. You could argue the assets were traded too much, or that they're too highly valued, or too leveraged.
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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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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've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.
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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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No one can forecast the economy with certainty.
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I think normalization is a good thing.
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We do all that [ represent companies], because we have a lot of research in Japanese companies, and that research educates investors around the world. It allows us to sell stocks and bonds in Japanese companies.
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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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