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By Joann S. Lublin John "Jack" Krol, who was named last week as outside chairman of auto-parts maker Delphi Automotive LLP, exemplifies a growing boardroom trend: former chief executives taking an active role steering troubled companies.Mr. Krol, 73... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
Some great posts this weekend over at "The Big Picture" by Barry Ritholtz; Barry is essentially the "trailblazer" of financial blogging and many a blogger has followed in his footsteps. Full Article at The Market Oracle
A view of Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in this July 14, 2008 file photo in Washington, DC. View Photo »
Implications of the New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Risk-based Capital Standard
In a bold-faced brazen move against their master, on Friday The Obama on administration rejected a proposal by Goldman Sachs to buy as much as $1 billion in tax credits from Fannie Mae, saying the deal would have amounted to a net loss for... Full Article at Huffington Post
US mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Friday it lost $US6.3 billion ($A6.91 billion) for shareholders in the third quarter but would not seek any additional bailout funds from the government. Full Article at The Age
The paper concludes that the probability of default by the GSEs is extremely small. Full Article at EconLog
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy. View Photo »
It's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all over again
A day after Fannie Mae said it would tap the Treasury Department for another $15 billion, Freddie Mac reported another quarterly loss but said it does not currently need more government aid. Full Article at New Mexico Business Weekly
.... of course Warren wraps himself in the US flag in his public reasoning for the purchase If there is one man who bests Cramer at self promotion it is Warren Buffet. Now let's be clear he is an investing genius... a marvel. Full Article at International Business Times
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A view of Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in this July 14, 2008 file photo in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy.
View Photo »"Krewe" members mock failed mortgage funding institution Fannie Mae during a Mardi Gras parade, whose theme is "Stimulus Package", in New Orleans February 7, 2009.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: (L-R) Former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron, former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd, and former Freddie Mac CEO Leland Brendsel are sworn in while testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddi...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd (R) testifes along with former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: (L-R) Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines testifes along with former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron and former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines (R) is sworn in along with former Freddie Mac CEO Leland Brendsel (C) and former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd while testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fanni...
View Photo »Daniel Mudd (L), former CEO of Fannie Mae, listens to Franklin Raines (R), another former CEO of Fannie Mae during testimony at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines (R), former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »(L-R) Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, Leland Brendsel, former CEO of Freddie Mac, Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae and Richard Syron, former CEO of Freddie Mac, testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines (R), former CEO of Fannie Mae, testifies alongside Daniel Mudd, another former CEO of Fannie Mae (L), and Leland Brendsel, former CEO of Freddie Mac, at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former chief executive of Fannie Mae (L), shakes hands with Richard Syron, former chief executive of Freddie Mac, as Leland Brendsel, another former chief executive of Freddie Mac, arrives to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capito...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae (L), reaches out to shake hands with Richard Syron, former CEO of Freddie Mac, as Leland Brendsel, another former CEO of Freddie Mac, arrives to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae, is pictured at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Daniel Mudd, former CEO of Fannie Mae, is pictured before testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 9, 2008.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »Former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9, 2008 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 9: Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd testifes before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on 'The Role of Fannie and Freddie Mac in the Financial Crisis' on Capitol Hill December 9, 2008 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: Franklin Raines (C), former head of Fannie Mae, waits for an event in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke to members of the Business Council about the U.S. economy.
View Photo »Implications of the New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Risk-based Capital Standard
It's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all over again
Fannie Mae's sibling company, Freddie Mac , launched a similar effort in March. That policy, however, requires the foreclosure to be completed and only allows month-to-month leases.
Jim Marshall has voted to hand over $200 billion to the failed mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Jim Marshall voted $700 billion of taxpayer money to failed Wall Street banks. Jim Marshall voted in favor of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package – that cost taxpayers $600 billio...
Taxpayers are now going to own all these houses that (Fannie Mae) should have unloaded
A pullback by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their multifamily activity outweighed increases in commercial and multifamily lending by life insurance companies and commercial banks, leading the overall index lower on a quarter-over-quarter basis. Every investor group and property type saw year-over-year d...
Given the lack of a private secondary mortgage market, FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are pretty much the only game in town ... Extending the current loan limits through 2010 will allow more loans to qualify for these important programs and will help keep mortgage credit more accessible and affordable ...
For those who believe that those taxpayer losses would be recouped from surviving firms, I would direct their attention to the recent examples of GM, Chrysler, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG
The Democrats’ talking points that their new proposal ends the era of too big to fail are just that talk ... Their proposal places taxpayers first in line to bear the losses when the government invokes its resolution authority. And for those who believe that those taxpayer losses will subsequently be re...
Those who believe the taxpayer losses would be recouped from the financial industry, I would direct them to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and GMAC, where the prospects for full taxpayer repayments are fanciful
If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole.
These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae now own or guarantee an overwhelming share of originations
To suggest somehow that [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] are in trouble is simply not accurate.
Bush's plan would be closely tied to some $440 million in minority loan programs offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. President Bush commended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts.
Bush's plan would be closely tied to some $440 million in minority loan programs offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. President Bush commended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's efforts.
Please do not re-create Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
FHFA supports this initiative and the important role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will play in implementing it
In our view, the only viable option to limit taxpayer expense and recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is to set up a Bad Fannie and Bad Freddie with the existing portfolios, and a new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as cooperatives of bank mortgage lenders, along the lines of the other GSEs
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today are acting as a direct arm of the federal government providing massive federal aid to support and revive the U.S. housing market in the midst of a crisis
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been at the heart of the U.S. housing boom, bust and recovery ... As the mortgage market moves away from crisis mode, the future of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) has to be addressed. In order for the GSEs to survive going forward, we believe they need to be ...
Under such an approach, the banks that originate an agency conforming loan would be required to retain 5% of the loan balance as an equity investment in either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac ... Thus the new agencies would be recapitalized at a solid 5% level of the new expanded balance sheets.
In our view, the only viable option to limit taxpayer expense and recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is to set up a Bad Fannie and Bad Freddie with the existing portfolios, and a new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as cooperatives of bank mortgage lenders, along the lines of the other GSEs -- the Federa...
There's a lot more competition out there ... Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have their own hotlines, and government and nonprofits. There is a lot hitting borrowers right now.
The people who bought debt in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can read a prospectus. They can read it. It says it is not guaranteed by the government. Anybody who can read a balance sheet knew that both of those companies were a sham and they had problems.
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