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There is no such thing as a low-risk stock. Full Article at Motley Fool
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ROVE: You know, look. The purpose of this [the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)] was to stabilize the financial sector, which it did. Full Article at Media Matters for America
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David Gardner called it. He’s up 1,334%! See what David’s recommending that you buy NEXT. Over the past nine months, we've watched the S&P 500 march higher by 60%. Full Article at Motley Fool
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Lewie Ranieri is known as the father of the mortgage-backed security. Now, he's crusading to rescue the real estate market that his invention helped destroy. Full Article at CNN/Money
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Add Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor-turned-crusader for Main Street and the middle class, to the growing list of experts calling for the Obama administration to scrap its failed foreclosure-prevention plan in favor of one that would... Full Article at Huffington Post
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The answer to the first question is simple: yes. Full Article at Seeking Alpha
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This week the House will consider legislation representing the single greatest threat to our capital markets in recent memory. Full Article at Investor's Business Daily
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President Obama used his speech rolling out a stimulus-style jobs program Tuesday to point the finger at Republicans for allegedly facilitating the economic crisis and then foisting it off on his administration to solve. Full Article at Town Hall
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Regarding your editorial on the education of Joseph Stiglitz and Peter Orszag ("Systemic Risk and Fannie Mae," Dec. 1): I am of the opinion that the greatest systemic risk we face is the Congress. Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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2009-12-08 23:29:40 - The 2009A mortgage revenue escrow bonds are being issued under a Supplemental Indenture. Full Article at PR-Inside.com
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2009-12-08 23:10:38 - I, class II and class IV bonds is Stable. Fitch has removed the class III bonds (secured by the corporation's general obligation pledge) from Rating Watch Negative and placed the bonds on Rating Watch Evolving. Full Article at PR-Inside.com
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Headhunting firm Spencer Stuart is without doubt on the speed-dial lists of bailed-out firms, having placed chairmen, CEOs, Chrysler Group LLC, and board members for AIG, Citigroup Inc. , Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and GMAC. Full Article at Autoblog
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In his blog this week, mortgage broker Dennis C. Smith of Stratis Financial in Huntington Beach writes about the effect he sees the new, controversial appraisal process having on homebuyers taking out FHA loans. Full Article at The Orange County Register
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Let's just hope that this Harvard simulation is no more accuate than the Joseph Stiglitz models that showed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were well-capitalized and could survive 10 years of Great Depression-like economic conditions. Full Article at Clusterstock
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Congress authorized the Treasury Department to spend $700 billion in TARP and another $400 billion for Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) in Conservatorship. Full Article at Seeking Alpha
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Homebuyers who are not used to getting aid on their mortgage and just contented with getting a home loan would be interested to know that there is a new program wherein the government helps with foreclosed properties. Full Article at Associated Content
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2009-12-08 05:03:29 - “Zen International”: The US mortgage giant lost yet another $18.9bn in the third quarter and wants more money. decline in the US real estate market. Full Article at PR-Inside.com
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ven though the world financial crisis was brought on by a decade of systemically reckless government policies and programs — monetary policy, Fannie Mae, and now Dubai World — one of the great political fads among governments these days is to take a... Full Article at National Post
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While both Greenspan and Bernanke merit considerable blame for helping to inflate the housing bubble, it is worth mentioning what Greenspan did get right: bringing to the attention of Congress and the public the risk posed to our financial system from... Full Article at Cato@Liberty
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David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! See what he’s recommending that you buy NEXT. Does this year's $1.6 trillion deficit scare you? What about the multitrillion overspending of next year, and the year after that? Full Article at Motley Fool
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A view of Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in this July 14, 2008 file photo in Washington, DC.
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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.
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"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.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testify at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on "Oversight of Implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and of Government Lending and Insurance Facilities; I...
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FILE - This Sept. 8, 2008 file photo shows Anthony Campagna, left, Donald Himpele Jr. , and Chris Enright, right, all of Spear, Leeds, & Kellogg Specialists, gathering around the post where their firm trades Fannie Mae prior to the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York.
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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, left, concludes his remarks as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr. , right, takes his turn at the microphone during a news conference in Washington on the bailout of mortgage giants Fannie...
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FILE - This Sept. 8, 2008 file photo shows Anthony Campagna, left, Donald Himpele Jr. , and Chris Enright, right, all of Spear, Leeds, & Kellogg Specialists, gathering around the post where their firm trades Fannie Mae prior to the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York.
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FILE - In Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James B. Lockhart III, attends a news conference in Washington. Lockhart, head of the federal agency that regulates mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is stepping down.
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A woman takes a brochure detailing how homeowners can make their mortgage payments more affordable at the Fannie Mae booth set up at the Housing Rescue Fair, part of the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour, in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009.
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David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, is pictured in this undated photograph, released on April 22, 2009. Kellermann was found dead on Wednesday in his suburban Virginia home, a Fairfax County police spokeswoman said.
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An unidentified woman walks near the home of David Kellermann,41, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, who was found dead at his home here early April 22, 2009 in Reston, VA. Police said his death was an apparent suicide.
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A Fairfax County Police Officer opens the door and lets three unidentified people into the home of David Kellermann,41, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, who was found dead at his home here early April 22, 2009 in Reston, VA.
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks in New York. The White House has announced that Fannie Mae president and CEO Herbert Allison Jr. has been chosen to head of the federal government's $700 billion bank rescue effort.
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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2008 file photo. Fannie Mae President and Chief Executive Officer Herbert Allison, Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The White House has announced that Allison has been chosen to head of the federal government's $700 billion bank rescue effort.
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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, former vice chairman of Merrill Lynch and incoming Fannie Mae CEO Herbert M. Allison speaks to reporters in New York.
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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, former vice chairman of Merrill Lynch and incoming Fannie Mae CEO Herbert M. Allison speaks to reporters in New York.
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In this Sept. 25, 2008 file photo, Freddie Mac Chief Executive Officer David Moffett testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeover on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson addresses a meeting of the National Economists Club in Washington January 7, 2009.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson addresses a meeting of the National Economists Club in Washington January 7, 2009.
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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.
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Almost half of the spending increase -- $245 billion -- resulted from outlays for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and net payments to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Fannie Mae (FNM) was an icon. Bank of America (BAC) was an icon. So a lot of these things were shoved into retirees’ accounts ... And it wasn’t necessarily a bad recommendation -- it wasn’t necessarily the mistake of buying Fannie Mae preferred. The mistake was not selling it when you’d lost 15% or 20%.
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Finally people are realizing that AIG is like Fannie Mae(FNM Quote) and Freddie Mac(FRE Quote). This has been one of the longest short squeezes in history.
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In the array of subsidies and bailouts that Congress and the administration have given out in an attempt to repair the economy in the last year, more than $1.1 trillion has gone to the housing sector through foreclosure mitigation programs, tax credits for homebuyers and cash infusions to Fannie Mae and...
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allowed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to count billions of dollars they invested in subprime loans as a public good that would foster affordable housing
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They have been so successful with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Amtrak and the US Postal Service that we should definitely let them decide what [sectors] are good investments
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Banks like Wachovia and Washington Mutual have a significant amount of these Alt-As and pay-option ARMs that the GSE bailout just won't help ... There is still a crisis going on, despite what the government is trying to do on the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac front.
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these loans are exposing taxpayers to the same kinds of soaring default rates and losses that brought down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as destroyed many banks and the private market for mortgage loans.
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When a mortgage loan that is backed up, insured or owned by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the FHA is foreclosed, the government pays off the lender for the value of the loan. As a result, the banks are receiving the full amount on loans they deliberately overvalued. The government then sells off the home a...
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The government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with more and more loans being backed up by the Federal Housing Authority, is in reality a newly disguised bailout for the banks and lenders.
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It is absolutely unconscionable that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were at the heart of the subprime housing collapse last fall that sent our economy into a tailspin, should be without independent oversight at a time when the federal government now owns over half of all the mortgages in the United S...
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Fannie and Freddie are awfully big ... The idea that the agency responsible for conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doesn't have an inspector general should be a serious cause of concern.
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We are not having a problem with end loans for our buyers. Many financial institutions are in the market; nevertheless, unless a project has sales of 50 percent or more, [Federal Housing Administration] and Fannie Mae options are not available in these developments.
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The ABA is an organization of community banks formed so we have a larger voice in D.C. We're not on Washington's speed-dial like AIG, Chase, Fannie Mae, Bank of America, Citi, and Goldman Sachs
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Make no mistake: we're on course to have government commandeer one-sixth of our economy. The people who gave us Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now want to run our health care. Think about that.
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Implications of the New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Risk-based Capital Standard
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It's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all over again
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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.
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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...
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Taxpayers are now going to own all these houses that (Fannie Mae) should have unloaded
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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The 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 would be recouped from surviving firms, I would direct their attention to the recent examples of GM, Chrysler, Fannie Mae, Freddie ...
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