@Task_Master_17@baba_booey143@hkuppy The way she goes. Opportunity cost, whether political, economical, or both, was higher elsewhere for JPM’s largest clients
@baba_booey143@hkuppy I'm just glad this didn't happen in the first two years when the share price was in the dumps. A 70% discount and presumably no dividends (unsure) is pretty rough though for folks like me who didn't convert. There's a price to pay for playing wild west games I suppose.
@iononrecourse Simple: virtue signaling. Less of a perceived ego red flag for lenders / LPs. Experienced lenders / LPs have been burned enough times by the "sweaty" megalomaniacs of the CRE industry.
@InfiniteL88ps@_brianpotter Not enough people hit on is the fact that the margins in the construction industry are inevitably absorbed over time by materials producers / suppliers (i.e., giant cartels and regional monopolies).
@Oknowuk@Gaurab US steel manufacturers, in general, get no love from Wall Street either. Look how suppressed US Steel's share price was prior to getting acquired by Nippon.