What Else Could J.P. Morgan Do With $13B?
Here’s a look at what you could buy for $13 billion, the amount J.P. Morgan Chase will pay to settle a number of probes related to mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters)
Private jets 130 Boeing 757 airplanes tricked out like Donald Trump’s jets ($100 million each). (REUTERS)
Aircraft carriers Almost three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, if you got a good deal for buying in bulk. They cost $4.5 billion each. (REUTERS)
Lottery tickets 6.5 billion Powerball tickets, where the odds are only 1 in 175,223,510 of winning the grand prize.
Football stadiums 10 Dallas Cowboy stadiums. The Arlington, Texas, stadium cost $1.3 billion to build. Want just a few of the giant TV screens like the one that hangs in Cowboy Stadium? With $13 billion, you can buy 325 of them at $40 million each.
Girl scout cookies 4.33 billion boxes of girl scout cookies at $3 per box. (REUTERS)
Private islands 520 private islands at $25 million each. (REUTERS)
iPhones 65,326,633 new iPhone 5s with a 2-year contract ($199). (Reuters)