I think the way NOW characterized Smith Barney is disgraceful. I am appalled that an organization like that would not have reserved judgment (until) making their own investigation.

On Wall Street, there is no "Wall Street"; there are individuals.

I think immigration has been one of the vital things about the growth of America. I'm the product of grandparents who all immigrated from Greece. I hope eventually we have proper immigration.

JPMorgan is a very good franchise. And the way you should look at a franchise, a business, is from the standpoint of the customers.

I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.

My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and send it to another vault. Then somebody said, "Let's digitize it and have one vault." Now the DTCC clears and settles almost everything, and the cost of doing a trade is a tenth of what it was before.

I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.