Is It Time to Buy Bank Stocks?

On Sunday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said his company's $2 billion trading loss was a "terrible, egregious mistake" and vowed to learn from it. With shares of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo all slipping on Monday, should bargain-hungry investors bet on the big banks or avoid the risks altogether? In this segment from today's MarketFoolery podcast, Mike Olsen, Charly Travers, and Joe Magyer analyze the future of JPMorgan and the opportunity in bank stocks.

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