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Jamie Dimon Praised By Buffett Over Handling of Illness

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Mark Melin
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Key corporate executives such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)'s Jamie Dimon are not legally required to tell the public or shareholders if they have taken ill.  But how one handles such market moving information can be critical.

Just ask legendary investor Warren Buffett, himself a key corporate executive who battled the issue.  Two years ago Buffett disclosed he had prostate cancer and in 2012 Buffett sent details of his diagnosis and treatment in an open letter to shareholders.

Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon via FBN

Buffett discusses Dimon’s illness

Last week, Buffett is congratulated Dimon for his forth rightfulness...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.