JPMorgan Earns $5 Billion Derivatives Profit

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. generated $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history by trading over-the-counter fixed-income derivatives, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the results.

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The JPMorgan trading desk may have benefited as the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and JPMorgan's takeover of Bear Stearns Cos. left companies and hedge funds with fewer trading partners in the private derivatives markets, Bloomberg said.

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The bank held $87.7 trillion worth of outstanding OTC contracts as of Sept. 30, more than the next two banks, Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc., combined, Bloomberg reported.
JPMorgan could not be immediately reached by Reuters for comment.