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I Hope The Story Of 2011 Is That America Gets Its Mojo Back. You've Got To Remember That America Has The Best Universities; It's Got Some Of The Best Businesses. It's Got An Unbelievable Work Ethic, Rule Of Law. The Story Of 2011 Will Be America Blossoming Again.

I Do Think There Will Be More Japanese Companies Expanding Out Of Japan, And There Will Be More Cross-border Flow From Japan.

The Toughest Are People Mistakes, When You Put The Wrong Person In A Job. Sometimes You're Too Slow To Move Them Out. Or Not Getting The Right People Involved To Solve A Problem, Or Doing Something Out Of Anger; You Learn, Just Don't Do That. But I'd Have To Say The Whale Was One Of Them, And I Would Also Have To Put Bear Stearns And Washington Mutual On The List At This Point.

Men, Age 25 To 55, The Labor-force Participation Rate Is Down 10%. That's Unbelievable. There Are 35,000 Dying Of Opioids Every Year. Seventy Percent Of Kids Age 17 To 24 Can't Get Into The Us Military Because Of Health Or Education. Obesity, Diabetes, Reading And Writing. Is That The Society We Wanted? No. We Should Be Working On These Things, Acknowledge The Flaws We Have, And Come Up With Solutions. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Not Knee-jerk.

We Got A Lot Of Excellent People And Businesses From Bear And Wamu. But Bear Definitely Was More Painful. Wamu Got Us Into Florida, California, And Other States, Which Was A Huge Benefit - To Expand And Grow And Add Middle-market, Private Banking, Investment Banking, And Other Products, Too.