It shows the types of assets in the Fed's portfolio, and for which they paid hard cash.
Interestingly, they own some CDSs that made them some money.
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San Francisco
April 1 (Bloomberg) -- After months of litigation and political scrutiny, the Federal Reserve yesterday ended a policy of secrecy over its Bear Stearns Cos. bailout.
In a 4:30 p.m. announcement in a week of congressional recess and religious holidays, the central bank released details of securities bought to aid Bear Stearns's takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bloomberg News sued the Fed for that information.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZA_RWY3IJ2I&pos=3
