“Working at my desk today was somewhat surreal. Global risk markets were closing out a dreadful week. Newswires were full of disconcerting articles – J.P. Morgan, Greece, Spain, Italy, China, etc. Meanwhile, CNBC was in the midst of blanket coverage of the Facebook initial public offering. Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell to open NASDAQ [...]
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UPDATE May 11, 2012 JPM’s long-term issuer default rating was cut by Fitch to A+ from AA-. ___________________________________ JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) said it lost about $2 billion tied to synthetic credit securities after positions taken by its chief investment office were riskier than expected. “This portfolio has proven to be riskier, more volatile and less effective as [...] |
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