28 June 2012

Did I Say $2 Billion? I Meant $9 Billion.

It looks like "the Whale" f%$#ed up even bigger than was previously reported:
Losses on JPMorgan Chase’s bungled trade could total as much as $9 billion, far exceeding earlier public estimates, according to people who have been briefed on the situation.

When Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, announced in May that the bank had lost $2 billion in a bet on credit derivatives, he estimated that losses could double within the next few quarters. But the red ink has been mounting in recent weeks, as the bank has been unwinding its positions, according to interviews with current and former traders and executives at the bank who asked not to be named because of investigations into the bank.
I'll take the "over" on this latest estimate.

1 comments :

Cthulhu said...

But Nooooo!  Jamie Dimon is a Fekkin GENIUS!! All the Congresscritters lined up to kiss his taint!  He's brilliant I tell you!

Meh.  Throw the bum under the jail.  Guy doesn't even know how MUCH he f***ed up, or lied about it to cover his ass.
Either way, he's a lying, incompetent crook.

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