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U.S. Banker September 2008 Michael Sisk	Breaking Up is Hard to Do Fannie and Freddie are not only too big to fail, they're too big to leave alone in their current form. A long-term solution that involves shrinking these institutions and severing their ties to the U.S. government is desperately needed.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Alex Dumortier	A Scorecard for the Fannie, Freddie Bailout As the dust settles on the first stage of the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's time to chalk up winners and losers.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Morgan Housel	Freddie Shareholders: There's Nothing Left A Barrons article highlighted the truth: There's literally nothing left for common shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, particularly regarding Freddie.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Freddie Mac Is No Investment If you own Freddie Mac shares, the problem is that no one knows what their ultimate losses will be. And that's just one source of significant uncertainty surrounding Freddie and its big sister, Fannie Mae.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Paula Dwyer	Fannie and Freddie: Breaking Up Is Good to Do The two giants have too much on their plates.
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.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Will Fannie and Freddie Go to Zero? An activist investor has proposed a plan to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from a complete demise, but it's anything but good news for shareholders.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2008 Ollen Douglass	Is a Sagging Fannie Attractive? Even with the recent upticks, shares of the ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both down over 80% from their 52-week highs. Is now the time to invest?
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.
U.S. Banker May 2003 John Engen	Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red.
U.S. Banker September 2010 Rob Garver	Which Direction For Fannie and Freddie? As wards of the state, the mortgage giants support the majority of all new home loans. But conservatorship can t last forever, and as policymakers examine the government s role in housing finance, debate rages over where the GSEs should fit in.
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Roben Farzad	Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely
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 September 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2004 Bill Mann	Showdown: Greenspan vs. Fannie On Tuesday Greenspan followed up on a Federal Reserve report from last month, stating before Congress that government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would threaten the economy if they were allowed to continue to grow apace.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Rich Duprey	Paulson to Fannie and Freddie Investors: Drop Dead The Treasury secretary's plans to nationalize Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will wipe out investors.
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 September 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Kiss the Global Financial System Goodbye? China is by far the largest foreign investor in U.S. long-term agency debt. These days, the Chinese are fretting over Fannie and Freddie.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Alex Dumortier	One Year Later: The Big Risk We're Still Facing This fundamental risk is larger than ever. Banks that are "too big to fail" benefit from an implicit taxpayer subsidy since their funding costs do not adequately reflect the risk of failure.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.
Registered Rep. July 24, 2008	Uncle Sam: Give Us A New Bubble The debate about government's roll in the economy just got stoked big time, what with the recent news that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with taxpayer dollars.
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 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 December 29, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	The Daily Walk of Shame: Fannie and Freddie Why in the world are people still buying these stocks?
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 Alex Dumortier	The Fannie Mae DMZ Fannie Mae and her little brother, Freddie Mac, are minefields right now -- you'd be better off avoiding the stocks altogether.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Morgan Housel	Bailout Cost Plummets: Good News? It seems the bailouts taxpayers ponied up to save the financial system are going to cost a lot less than we thought.
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 April 20, 2009 Morgan Housel	Big Irony From a Big Bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon not only avoided the bulk of the financial disaster, but also spent years fortifying JPMorgan's balance sheet in case the Big One hit. But now, he makes one big hypocritical statement.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley	The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes.
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 February 18, 2005 Bill Mann	Greenspan to Fannie: "You're Too Fat!" The Fed Chairman told Congress he sees no reason for Fannie and Freddie's mortgage portfolios to be so large. Shareholders take note.
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 July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders.
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 January 25, 2010 Morgan Housel	Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam.
HBS Working Knowledge June 22, 2009 Roger Thompson	"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system.
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.
CFO October 1, 2008 Stephen Taub	Can Ex-CFOs Save Freddie & Fannie? Freddie's new Boss, Herbert Allison, once headed finance for Merrill Lynch before becoming CEO of TIAA-CREF. Fannie pins its hopes on David Moffett, former U.S. Bancorp CFO.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner: Champs or Chumps? It's been a year since the financial markets went splat. Have government officials succeeded in combating the collapse?
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.
CFO January 1, 2009 Scott Leibs	The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke Will Take Your Shares to Zero Ben Bernanke speaks out about the "moral hazard" dilemma of giving firms the perception of being "too big to fail."
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	Fool Blog: Last Week's Top 10 Financial Shocks A whole pile of stunning news combined last week to become the biggest financial story of the past 50 years.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Fall of AIG Why did the Fed ultimately decide to bail out AIG?
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Freddie-Fannie Saga Continues The good news is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still alive and kicking. The bad news, and there's quite a bit of it, is that their story is far from over.
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2011 Nick Silbergeld	Separation Anxiety Does splitting Fannie and Freddie's platforms make sense?
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 June 29, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	12 Steps to Solving Our Biggest Housing Problem Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a blight on the housing market, but I think there may be a solution.