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JPMorgan’s record profit shows Wall Street’s trading boom is back

JPMorgan reported the highest quarterly profit ever for a U.S. bank, powered by a jump in equity trading and the strongest investment-banking fees since 2021. The record quarter also came with a higher expense forecast and fresh warnings from Jamie Dimon about elevated market risks.

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JPMorgan’s record profit shows Wall Street’s trading boom is back
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JPMorgan Chase turned Tuesday’s bank-earnings kickoff into a record-setting market signal, reporting the most profitable quarter ever posted by a U.S. lender. The largest U.S. bank said second-quarter profit rose to $21.2 billion, or $7.70 a share, helped by a $4.6 billion gain tied to Visa shares; on an adjusted basis, earnings were $6.14 a share, above Wall Street expectations.americanbanker +1

The results landed as investors were looking for evidence that capital-markets activity is spreading beyond the AI trade. JPMorgan’s revenue rose across all business units, while its market value climbed above $920 billion, putting the bank closer to the trillion-dollar club.americanbanker +1

Dealmaking and trading did the lifting

The strongest gains came from the businesses most tied to market risk appetite. Investment-banking fees jumped 30% from a year earlier to their highest level since 2021, while markets revenue rose 35% to $12.1 billion; equity-markets revenue alone surged 86%, compared with a 6% gain in fixed income.americanbanker +1

The rebound was powered by large equity offerings and merger activity, including SpaceX’s record IPO, Alphabet’s $85 billion equity offering and JPMorgan’s advisory role on NextEra Energy’s $67 billion merger with Dominion Energy.americanbanker The broader Wall Street read-through was also strong: Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup all reported better profit trends tied to trading, investment banking or lending, though share reactions were mixed.reuters

Costs and risk warnings temper the celebration

Investors still had reasons to look past the headline profit figure. JPMorgan raised its 2026 expense forecast to $107.5 billion from $105 billion, even as it lifted its net-interest-income outlook excluding markets to $96.5 billion and total net interest income to $105.5 billion.americanbanker TradingView’s Zacks report said the higher cost outlook weighed on shares in premarket trading despite the earnings beat.investing

Dimon framed the quarter as a beneficiary of strong markets rather than a clean all-clear for the economy. He said the U.S. economy remained resilient, but warned that geopolitical conflicts, sticky inflation, large fiscal deficits and elevated asset prices were still moving “below the surface.”yahoo On the earnings call, he put the market backdrop more bluntly: “It’s getting close to as good as it gets. We just don’t know how long it’s going to last.”qz