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Dick Bove: 'Self-Serving' for Goldman Sachs (GS) to Say JPMorgan (JPM) Should Be Broken Up

January 14, 2015 5:44 PM EST
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Rafferty Capital Bank Analyst Dick Bove spoke with FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Liz Claman regarding recent Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) comments suggesting JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) breakup their business. Bove stated, “I think it’s pretty self-serving for Goldman Sachs to go out and say its biggest competitor should be broken up,” and, “it doesn’t make any sense.” On if Goldman Sachs needs to buy an Asset Manager, Bove said, “no, I don’t think they have to,” since “Goldman Sachs has a wonderful model.”

Excerpts from the interview are below

On Goldman Sachs saying JP Morgan needs to be broken up:

“I think it’s pretty self-serving for Goldman Sachs to go out and say its biggest competitor should be broken up. We had a very spirited conversation with Goldman Sachs in the last couple of days over this issue asking them why Goldman Sachs shouldn’t be broken up because of the same economics that impact JPMorgan, if you will, impacts Goldman Sachs. So what is the rationale for Goldman Sachs if you will, taking up a brick when they live in a glass house, it doesn’t make any sense.”

On if Goldman Sachs needs to buy an Asset Manager:

“No, I don’t think they have to. I think Goldman Sachs has a wonderful model and that model is being driven by investment banking and I think that investment banking was very good in 2014 and it should be actually better in 2015 once we get through the turmoil in the market.”



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