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The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann	Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey	Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Bill Mann	Fannie's Sweater Has a Loose Thread Guess what? The regulator's back at the door, and he's got more questions for Fannie Mae.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann	What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal?
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann	Cherry-Picking Fannie Fannie Mae is now accused of keeping its most promising loans and selling the rest. That's a shock. But is it a problem for mortgage-backed securities investors?
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell	The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker	Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Dawn Kopecki	It Looks Like Fannie Had Some Help Major players on the Street may be tied to the fiasco at the mortgage giant Fannie Mae.
Reason January 2005 Julian Sanchez	Fannie Business An investigation by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight found that Fannie Mae systematically misapplied generally accepted accounting practices and manipulated earnings reports to maintain an aura of stability.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey	Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves.
Fast Company July 2004 Carleen Hawn	CEO See-Ya! What kind of CEO can't manage a mortgage business in an era of low rates and a hot real-estate market? A government-sponsored one, apparently.
U.S. Banker June 2008 Joseph Rosta	The Two-Step: As Reform Ebbs, Congress Doles Out More Rope Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being given new powers by Congress in an effort to reinvigorate the jumbo-loan market.
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Dawn Kopecki	How Big Is The Bite On Fannie And Freddie? Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's exposure to risky loans could be bigger than they say.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Revealed: The $145 Billion Hole No One Noticed A U.S. company announced a first quarter net loss of $11.5 billion and a deficit in shareholders' equity of $145 billion, and the news went almost completely unnoticed.
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Woellert & Stein	Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess The bailout of Fannie and Freddie could reach $1 trillion
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004	Seeing Nothin' But Fannie Fannie Mae's earnings doubled amid a housing boom. Surprised? Don't be.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Seth Jayson	Fannie Flunks Again A suspicious looking accounting change may cause everyone to pay for Fannie Mae's bad behavior, if it leads to a green light for the housing bailout plan proposed by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Bill Mann	How to Save $15 Billion The Federal Reserve calls the $15 billion in subsidies to Fannie and Freddie "unnecessary."
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	Fannie and Freddie: 1 Year Later A look at the first shots fired in the financial meltdown, and where we go from here.
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Roben Farzad	Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Rich Duprey	Fannie's House of Cards What is the real value of the home appraisals residing in Fannie Mae's portfolio? When the markets finally get wise and decide to put their money someplace besides these institutions' products, the torrent of cheap mortgage money will slow to a trickle of very expensive mortgage money.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Bill Mann	Sallie Mae Faces Inquiry The SEC questions the student loan company over a measly $100k. Apparently.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Joseph Weber	Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Welcome Back, Freddie Mac! The government-sponsored mortgage giant returns to quarterly reporting with its first-quarter earnings.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman	Reforming Fannie and Freddie Given the accounting scandals at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's no great shock that the two companies are bracing for increased regulatory oversight. The question for players in the multi-family real estate industry is whether the reforms will cramp their style.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2004 Bill Mann	Three Financials Behaving Badly With each of these three massive financial institutions, representing the largest banking, mortgage, and insurance participants respectively, the taint of ongoing fraud ought to make minority shareholders awfully nervous.
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2009 Katherine Burger	Fiserv Will Provide Fannie Mae with Real-time Data Transmission from Its Loan Servicing Platform Fannie Mae has engaged Fiserv in a technology partnership intended to help the agency gain more real-time information about its mortgage portfolio.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	Chinese Giving Up on Fannie and Freddie? The Bank of China has cut its securities issued or guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie by a quarter since the end of June.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2011 Nick Silbergeld	Separation Anxiety Does splitting Fannie and Freddie's platforms make sense?
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Bill Mann	Putting Blame Where It Is Due Shorts don't take down companies -- crooked and incompetent executives do. Similarly, those homebuilders who are seeking to put more control on Fannie Mae are not the cause of its problems. They're a result of its actions.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	Freddie's Follies What's next for the mortgage behemoth, Freddie Mac?
U.S. Banker September 2008 Michael Sisk	Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Fannie and Freddie Shareholders: What to Do Now It's decision time.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	Outrage of the Week: Freddie's Curious Accounting Bookkeeping was never meant to be this subjective.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Morgan Housel	Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Bleeker & Williamson	Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders.
CFO April 1, 2007 Roy Harris	Say Again? An explosion in accounting errors -- in part reflecting the difficulties of today's complex rules -- has forced nearly a quarter of U.S. companies to learn the art of the restatement.
HBS Working Knowledge February 24, 2011 Sean Silverthorne	What's Government's Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing? The private market should be the main supplier of mortgage credit, but it should be carefully monitored using new approaches to regulating mortgage securitization. The government should play a role of "guarantor of last resort" in periods of crisis.
CFO February 1, 2005	Howard's End The former CFO of Fannie Mae gets sympathy from Wall Street; five years after his own fraud conviction, Cosmo Corigliano brings down Cendant's former vice chairman.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Philip Durell	Three Out-of-Favor Stocks to Consider Contrarian investor David Dreman gets specific in this interview: Fannie Mae... Altria... ConocoPhillips... etc.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Weber & Palmer	The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory
The Motley Fool December 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Fannie's Forlorn Forecast After surviving an accounting scandal, Fannie Mae can handle housing's hurting.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Morgan "Foreclosed" Housel	World's Scariest Stocks: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still give off the impression of being capitalistic, shareholder-owned companies. There's not.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Freddie Mac's Two Left Feet The mortgage finance company trots out the same old dance steps. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Fannie and Freddie's Winners and Losers What does the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mean for investors? Who are the winners? Who are the losers? These questions are discussed in this video.