Should Dimon Step Down?

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which financial and economics sector head Ilan Moscovitz and consumer-goods editor and analyst Austin Smith discuss topics around the investing world.

With the news of JPMorgan Chase's shocking $2 billion loss continuing to reverberate around markets, some are calling for the CEO's head. He was, after all, apparently intimately involved in the bet. Several executives have already resigned -- should Jamie Dimon be next? No, says a Motley Fool analyst. At least not based on what we know so far about the trade -- though Dimon should probably back off from his efforts to undermine rules that could have prevented this sort of disaster.

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