The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which financial and economics sector head Ilan Moscovitz and consumer goods editor/analyst Austin Smith discuss topics across the investing world.
As part of our series "3 Reasons to Buy / Sell," Ilan explains the bull case for JPMorgan Chase. Shares of the banking behemoth are down significantly following the company's confession that it's going to lose billions on a derivatives bet gone bad. That's beginning to push its valuation into attractive territory, despite the fact that JPMorgan is one of the better-run Wall Street banks (though perhaps not one of the simplest). If the economy continues to improve, the stock could have big upside.
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