Yet if your an employee and you get stock options as part of your "benefit package", do you really have a choice as to what you get??

I think it's horrendous the way these lenders got themselves into trouble. It was totally and completely irresponsible of them to lend money to people that they KNEW couldn't pay it back. It was unfair to their employees and their stockholders.

As for the people who are losing their homes, I do feel SOME sympathy for them, but not a whole lot. Whatever happened to saving your money until you could afford something? Instead of instant gratification??

What I don't understand (and perhaps it could be explained to me) is if JP Morgan Chase is buying out Bear Sterns, why doesn't the stock then become JP Morgan Chase stock??