Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan could spend up to $20bn on a new acquisition - Financial Times
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Jamie Dimon has publicly flagged JPMorgan could deploy up to $20bn on an acquisition 'in the next couple years,' while also guiding to $1bn in higher expenses and projecting IB fees up 10%+ in Q2. The M&A signal creates a binary setup: deal premium excitement vs. capital-deployment overhang, with insiders net selling and the stock already down 2.4% today on the expense guidance.
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Wrong ifA concrete, accretive acquisition announcement or a broad market risk-on rip driven by US-Iran deal progress could reverse the short quickly; Dimon's IB optimism also gives bulls a narrative re-entry if macro sentiment firms.
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