JPMorgan Announces Fall in 3rd Q Results
J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced on Thursday a drop in its third quarter results because of losses in the bank’s investment banking area.
The stocks of the financial institution fell by 4 percent after the announcement of the third fiscal quarter results for the period ended September. The company also announced in a statement that in the previous quarter the bank set aside around $1 billion for settling ligations associated with bad mortgage loans.
The financial giant announced a profit of around $4.26 billion or earnings of $1.02 per share. In the same period the bank announced a profit of $4.4 billion or earnings of $1.01 per share. Analysts were expecting a larger fall in the profits of J. P. Morgan. Analysts were expecting earnings of 96 cents per share. JPMorgan’s both business units were hit by the global financial uncertainty.
The Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon was happy with the firm’s financial results and called them reasonable, considering the tough environment. JPMorgan has been the first Wall Street Financial institution to begin the disappointing process of announcement of weak quarterly results.
The profits for the bank came in the form of accounting gains of around $1.9 billion that were tied to the debt’s perceived risk. The bank also saved money by processing fewer credit card loans and saved cash for covering any future losses in the credit division. This helped the bank save another $1 billion in pre-tax increases. The losses came from private equity unit, where the bank lost around $542 million in pretax losses and also the continued loss of money from the home lending division contributed to the 3rd quarter results.
The bank’s revenue continues to remain under pressure. In comparison to the second quarter results, the revenue was down by $24.4 billion, an 11 percent decline. A 14 percent decline was noticed in the large fixed income operations and 15 percent in the equities sector, when compared to last year. The statement of the bank also reported that the fees from the investment banking division fell by around 31 percent. The mortgage division of JPMorgan continues to lose money for the financial institution amd according to Dimon, the sector is set to lose money for a further while.
The credit card unit of JPMorgan posted a $3.85 million profit, even though it saw a drop in trading activity. The treasury services of the bank also announced a profit of $305 million.
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