JPMorgan Chase And Bank Of America Expected To Report Billions Of Dollars In Third-Quarter Losses

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are expected to disclose losses of about $3 billion in mortgage securities and leveraged loans when they report third quarter earnings this month, the Financial Times reports. JPMorgan is likely to report mark to

By None

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are expected to disclose losses of about $3 billion in mortgage securities and leveraged loans when they report third-quarter earnings this month, the Financial Times reports.

JPMorgan is likely to report mark-to-market losses on leveraged loans of about $1.4 billion and an additional $700 million in write-downs of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities, according to Howard Mason, analyst with Sanford Bernstein, the paper reported.

Mason estimated to the Financial Times that Bank of America will take write-downs of $700 million for leveraged loans and mortgage write-downs of $300 million, the paper said.

Other banks have already reported billions of dollars in loan losses as a result of credit turmoil in recent months, Reuters reports.

Citigroup took a pretax write-down of $1.4 billion as of the end of the third quarter.

Bear Stearns said last month it was writing down its $7.6 billion portfolio by about $250 million, or 3.2 percent. Morgan Stanley wrote down its $31 billion portfolio by $726 million, or 2.3 percent.

«