Risks and uncertainties |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | |
| EBP 002 | |
| EBP, Risk and Uncertainty [Line Items] | |
| Risks and uncertainties | Risks and uncertainties The Plan’s investments include financial instruments that are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, credit and liquidity risks. The instruments include investments in equities, fixed income securities, swaps, currency and commodities, futures, forwards, options, and other derivative contracts. Due to the level of risk associated with certain financial instruments, and the sensitivity of certain fair value estimates to changes in valuation assumptions, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of financial instruments will occur in the near term and such changes could materially affect the Participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. Market risk is the risk associated with the effect of changes in market factors, such as interest and foreign exchange rates, equity and commodity prices, credit spreads or implied volatilities, on the value of assets and liabilities held for both the short and long term. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions. Securities in a fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to securities in general financial markets, a particular financial market or other asset classes due to a number of factors, including inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events. In addition, the value of a fund’s investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters or events, country instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics. Governments, their regulatory agencies, or self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the instruments in which a fund invests, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways that could also have a significant negative impact on a fund’s investment performance. In many cases, the Plan’s financial instruments serve to reduce, rather than increase, exposure to losses from market or other risks. In addition, the measurement of market risk is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are identified. The investment managers may limit the Plan’s market risk by holding or purchasing offsetting positions. Credit risk is the risk associated with the default or change in credit profile of a counterparty. Regarding derivative assets, the Plan is subject to the risk of counterparty nonperformance except for written options, which obligate the Plan to perform, but do not give rise to counterparty credit risk. The Plan predominantly enters into derivative contracts with counterparties of high credit quality; therefore, the risk of counterparty nonperformance is considered to be negligible. Concentration of credit risk arises when investments or counterparties are engaged in similar business activities or activities in the same geographic region, or when they have similar economic features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions. The Plan’s exposure to a concentration of credit risk is limited by the broad diversification of its investments across the Participant directed fund elections. Additionally, the investments within each Fund are further diversified into various financial instruments, with the exception of the JPMorgan Chase Common Stock Fund, which invests predominantly in JPMorgan Chase & Co. common stock. The Plan's exposure to credit risk from synthetic GICs is limited to the excess of the carrying value of the contract over the market value of the underlying investments.
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