JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

Upthumb. Excellent growth prospects.

JP Morgan is showing its strength in a difficult market time.

Quality earnings and businesses.

2 words Jamie Dimon//says it all

Yessir... financials!!

JPM has held up well and is scooping up bargains. These investments will pay off handsomely in the future. A good one for the long haul

with a Godfather like Uncle Sam, how can they go wrong?
30 Billion coverage? I think they paid twice what Ben Roethlisburgers getting from the Steelers, this wasn't a sale, it was a steal! I hear the building alone is worth SIX TIMES what they paid for the whole company!

"Son, we live in a world that has bonds and those bonds need to be bought by men with balance sheets. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Fuld?

I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Bear Sterns and curse the short sellers; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Lehman's death, while tragic, probably saved firms and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves markets.

You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me buying bonds, you need me buying bonds. We use words like TSLF, PDLF, Super SIV. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick a sub-prime option arm bond and pay par.

Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to."

CONGRADULATION to JPMorgan! You have $91 Trillion in Derivatives! You are #1!

FYI - The Worlds Wealth was estimated at $150 Trillion in 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_(finance)).

JPM, best in class considering they are the FED, will underperform at this price. This bear market rally will slowly fade as the underlying problems have yet to be resolved. Market fundamentals must change before a sustained rally will take place.

Banking

The fact is that we are coming into a a phase of economic slow down. How slow? Who knows, but once GDP starts to head below 2%, you may want to think about buying the Financial stocks. JPM is one of these. It is well respected, is diversified in all the finacial sectors and has been doing fairly well recently price wise. I see it consolidating in the coming months and then we may see the trend continue higher.

Contrarian pick. This well-run money making machine seems oversold based on fears in the credit market. P/E 9.3, forward is 9.0. PEG ratio is 1.0. And the icing on the cake is the 3.50% dividend yield. Yummy!

Getting close to being oversold and excellent management. M&A activity should continue, atleast till the end of year.

JPM will never go burst ... cheap price now

best investment for diversified banking / lending / brokerage / asset management....

Take a moment to consider the multiple layers of leverage in this story.
First, you have JPMorgan's stock which was inflated by the bank's huge leverage.
Then you're using that as collateral for margin loans, so more leverage.
And then with that money, you're buying hedge fund and private equity stakes, which are levered still.
Three layers of leverage.

Leverage TARP and double down baby, this is free money and take what you can as fast as you can, before someone figures this out!

The Bank has excellent leadership!! Also know what they most do to achieve their goals. They are one of the best banks in the world.

Again banks have been beating down so much that I think tha there is no further hole. From now on as the ernings keep coming out financials should be the first to move higher.