All Posts Tagged With: "Fannie Mae"

New Report Says Feds Growing Increasingly Likely to Recapitalize Fannie and Freddie

By availing itself of a new housing bill signed into law last month, the U.S. Treasury Department is growing increasingly likely to recapitalize Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) in the months to come – all on the taxpayer’s…

19Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

With Fannie/Freddie Bailout Plan, Treasury Secretary Paulson is Armed and Dangerous

With the nation’s financial infrastructure crumbling before our very eyes, the country’s top two economic policymakers made their way to Congress last week for an extraordinary episode of political theater.

Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), the quasi-government entities that form the…

25Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Inside Wall Street: The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Bailout is Necessary - But Don’t Expect a Happy Ending

It’s the end of the “American Dream.” It’s the story of how the inevitable bailout of insolvent housing giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) - with the Federal Housing Administration soon to follow - will ultimately lead to such sorrowful…

15Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

The Dark Twins of Mortgage Finance

Think you’ve got trouble? Today is a public holiday in France. It marks the occasion when the mob rose up and broke into the Bastille, liberating a couple of half-wits and social deviants. It was only a small chimney fire…

15Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued

Candlesticks Predict Rise in Fannie Mae Shares; but Who Will Buy?

Fannie Mae is a “Government-Sponsored Enterprise,” but even so, it is a private corporation whose shares are widely owned, principally by financial institutions. In recent months, the value of those shares has plummeted from a high of $70.57 in August 2007…

13Jul2008 | William Kurtz | 0 comments | Continued

Huge, Stupid, and Probably Fatal

Americans came back from their Independence Day holiday…and found their Empire of Debt in worse shape than ever - $1.6 trillion in potential losses from the credit crunch!

Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) are to America’s great empire what the East…

9Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued

Options Trading: How to leverage market volatility into profits

When trading options, the key to winning speculation is to risk as little money as possible to make the biggest return. And that perfectly describes the opportunity I’ll be presenting you today.

For starters, let’s look at the stock movements of…

12Feb2008 | Anonymous | 0 comments | Continued