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My Operating Assumption Is We Will Always Have Very Tough Competition. And Even With Some European Banks Struggling Right Now, Some Of Them Can Reemerge - And Maybe Even Stronger.

We Can Take Our Japanese Clients Around The World. We Can Take Them To Brazil, Europe, Anywhere. And We Also Take Companies From Around The World Into Japan.

Wall Street Gives Money To Both [democrats And Republicans] Because They Want To Be On The Good Side Of Whoever Becomes President .

When The Secretary Of Treasury, The Head Of The Central Bank, The Head Of The Fdic (federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), And The Head Of The New York Fed Say, "we Want You To Do This Because We Think It's In The Best Interest Of The United States Of America," You Know, We're Like The Japanese. We're A Little Patriotic That Way. We Said, "yes, Sir!"

From My Point Of View, The American Financial System - Including Banks And Investment Banks - Is Far Safer Because Of Capital And Liquidity Requirements. Despite All The Turbulence So Far This Year, I Don't Think Anyone's Questioning Our System. And That, Obviously, Is A Good Thing.