We have a new story here. Instead of offering a reasonable PPS to buy WMB JPM has now engaged many more parties in a large fight.
The new story includes huge costs to the FDIC, additional cost to JPM, and large costs to WMI.
There is an erosion in good faith among all parties including the tax payer.
The most important intangible ASSET is the relationship between the FDIC and the tax payer.
This capital ASSET will be protected over JPM, WMB, WMI. State senators and congressman will not let this rest if the FDIC completely screws WMB/WMI in favor of itself and/or JPM.
Get real now or get lost.
The likely outcome will be that JPM pays much, much more for WMB, regardless of some erosion in the WMB brand, and the FDIC looses in court and pays out large to WMI or there is a settlement that brings reasonable market value to the stock holders and secures some semblance of trust between depositors, Congress, the FDIC and the taxpayers in general.
JPM is shooting itself in the foot by not bringing this to a close sooner rather than later. This banking story can not be kept on the media's back burner for ever!!!!!