RE: JP Morgan Short Covering?23 Feb 2026 12:55
US treasury bail out for JP Morgan???
They have had to bail out the banks previously
In July 2008, Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, establishing the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Less than six weeks later, the FHFA placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship, effectively bringing them under government control. The U.S. Treasury then bailed out the GSEs with $190 billion through Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements, requiring dividend payments in return.
In 2010, both entities were delisted from the NYSE and began trading over the counter.
Since then, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have repaid the U.S. Treasury and returned to profitability but remain under conservatorship
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A bail out of the amount in question would give the US treasury a sizable stake in JP Morgan.
Maybe a hastening of the structural changes in global finance