JPMorgan Calls in Bears' Note

Last week the Fed created a new program allowing large banks to provide liquidity to other financial institutions. JPMorgan (JPM) then took Fed money and loaned it to Bear Stearns (BSC) for the outlined 28 days. JPM decided to just go ahead and buy out Bear Stearns over the weekend in a very interesting move. JPM has certainly been harmed by the credit crisis too but, the diversity of product and overall size puts them in a position to expand.