• USD 6.53 bln prev
  • on revenue of $ 23.9 bln
  • $1.28 a share vs $1.38 exp vs $1.59 prev
  • profits down 19%
  • Q1 provision for credit losses was $ 850 mln, up $ 233 mln y/y
  • Q1 mortgage net income $114 mln down $559 mln
  • fixed income market revenue $3.8 bln, down 21%
  • equity market revenue $1.3 bln down 3% y/y

Not a good read on the headlines for the US banking giant’s latest figures with reduced revenue compounded by larger bad debt provisions. Sign of the times methinks

CEO Jamie Dimon says:

  • we have growing confidence in the economy
  • consumers, corporations and middle market companies are in increasingly good financial shape
  • housing has turned the corner in most markets

Keep talking your book mate.