Point of ‘honor’ among central bankers that they have to warn the rabble about what is shortly to come.
They did that just before the 2007/2008 debacle as well.
Jamie Dimon says markets underestimate risks and he wouldn’t buy stocks or Treasurys at current prices
PUBLISHED MON, JUL 20 20267:01 PM EDTUPDATED TUE, JUL 21 20266:24 AM EDT
- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating geopolitical and fiscal risks that could eventually rattle markets.
- Dimon said he wouldn’t be a buyer of either equities or long-dated U.S. Treasurys at current prices.
- “I do think those risks are probably bigger than other people think,” Dimon said, pointing to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, tensions between the U.S. and China, and rising military spending in a time of mounting government deficits.
JPMorgan Chase CEO
Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating the risks facing the global economy and that he wouldn’t buy either equities or long-dated
U.S. Treasurys at their current prices.
In an hourlong interview with
Wilfred Frost released late Monday, Dimon said markets aren’t fully accounting for a growing list of geopolitical and fiscal threats.
“I do think those risks are probably bigger than other people think,” Dimon said, pointing to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, tensions between the U.S. and China, and rising military spending in a time of mounting government deficits.
Asked whether markets are underpricing the chance of a major shock, Dimon said it’s difficult to know exactly what risks are already reflected in asset prices.
“It’s possible something’s baked in, but what’s not baked in is what actually happens,” he said.
Dimon, who leads the world’s largest bank by market cap,
often warns the public about the
economic risks he sees.
Comments from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon contrast with investors' recent willingness to look past wars, tariffs and other shocks.
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