Filed under: International markets, Good news, Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of New York (BK), Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, U.S. Bancorp (USB) It is being reported today in the Business Journal that the safest bank in the United States is Wells Fargo & Company (...

Name: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) Position: Frank will continue his role as chair of the House Financial Services Committee, which he undertook in 2007, just before the country's economy started to slip into a recession. The Democrat had been the ranking member of the committee, which has jurisdicti...

Filed under: Consumer experience, Rants and raves, Market matters, Scandals, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) If we keep hearing about companies that are "too big to fail" what in the world are we doing allowing Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. ...

It seems like all we ever hear about is what a nice guy Jamie Dimon is, and how he's a "giant among midgets" and his souvlaki is out of this world, but the direction he's taking Bearpont Morgan Chase** is deeply disturbing and very much brings his judgment into question. Not two weeks ago JPMorgan's...

Filed under: Management, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Merrill Lynch (MER), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Entrepreneurs, Serious Money Since I have been a shareholder...

Filed under: Market matters, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), Housing, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says we'll finally get real pricing of the hard-to-mark paper. After months of saying, "Why don't they bring in some pros, do a Resolution Trust and get on with thi...

Filed under: Rumors, Management, Rants and raves, Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bargain stocks Many readers have been intrigued by my recent posts (Will Chase (JPM) or Wells Fargo (WFC) buy WaMu (WM)? and Wells chasing Chase for WaMu -- Act II) regarding various strategic scenarios that...

Filed under: Deals, Rumors, Management, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC) Yesterday, wearing my investor hat, developer hat, architect's hat, business owner's hat and strategic thinking cap, I wrote about the various scenarios that...