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Commentary on Jamie Dimon’s views (Part Four)

Jamie Dimon’s letter to JPMorgan Chase’s shareholders created quite a storm of commentary amongst various industry observers, not all of it complementary. Tom Brown of Bankstocks.com says that the letter is: "outstanding. The letter isn’t just a wrap-up of how Morgan did last year (although, as is typical, Jamie’s candid on the topic)—it’s also a…

What are banks for?

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. I know I did. Lots of chocolate, reading, walking and sleep. Eating, drinking, chocolate and chat. TV, driving, thinking and chocolate. Wonderful. During my reading I came across this, first published in the magazine Punch back in April 1957. It’s a classic and worth everyone taking…

Monthly MiFID MTF Monitor: March 2010

We are pleased to provide our third month of monitoring the MTF performances in European Equities trading, in partnership with Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reporter (EMSR). Market Share based upon Euro Value March 2010   February 2010   Source: Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reporter Market Share based upon Volume of Trading March 2010…

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Why greed is infectious

You know the saying "Greed is Good" and "Infectious Greed".  Science has proven why it's infectious … In a study published in the March 8 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Harvard provide the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior…

America’s debt mountain … all Congress’s fault?

I just got around to catching a few paragraphs from David Broder's fascinating column in the Washington Post a few days ago, about Congress in the USA: "The record of the Washington politicians is summarized in the report that came out of the Congressional Budget Office last week. That nonpartisan scorekeeper announced that it projects…

The beauty of hindsight …

Six months ago, I posted some cracking quotes about the crisis. I recently saw the Power of Yes by David Hare (well worth a viewing), and the programme has many more choice quotes to add to the list. Here are some of my favourites, plus a few more I dug out from other sources: 1933…

The Lehmans bits missing online

Lots and lots of coverage of the Lehmans shambles this week: Lehman bosses severely criticised – BBC Lehman bosses ‘used lazy gimmick’ – The Times Lehman 'hid billions' – report – The Independent JPMorgan, Citigroup helped trigger Lehman collapse, report argues – The Telegraph Lehman report casts auditors in poor light – Financial Times London…

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Sharks, Gorillas, Sloths and Cheetahs

In January, I wrote a blog post about competitive strategies, and the Sharks versus the Jets of the Banking industry.  This blog entry developed into a short white paper that has just been published by Hewlett-Packard.  Here's the intro: The Nature of the Beast: Banking Strategies and Technologies for the 2010s It’s obvious that the…

Visualising the Vampire Squid

The classic article of last year "Inside the Great American Bubble Machine" by Matt Tiabbi in Rolling Stone, where he coined the term 'vampire squid' in his description of the bank Goldman Sachs, has been visualised in this 10-minute YouTube stream: Obviously got nothing better to do then!

Larry Fish in a candid talk about the financial crisis

Larry Fish, former CEO and Chairman of Citizens, talks about the crisis in a dialogue with Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management. It's got a really long (six minute!) introduction before Larry starts talking, then it gets interesting. Good questions raised including: why did Canada, Brazil, Spain and Australia's banks…

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