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The Very Real Cost of Doing Nothing You're right: $3.9 trillion is really just a drop in the bucket.   |
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. |
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November 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2010
Philip Durell |
The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam. |
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
March 20, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley's Traders Score Big Morgan Stanley became the latest of the major investment banks to report better-than-expected earnings this week, sweetening some of the market's viciously sour mood. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest? |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
Bernanke's Complete and Utter Failure If the Fed's rate cut six months ago had been the extent of its command-and-control meddling, we might've been out of the woods by now. Sadly, it wasn't, and we're not. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Bernanke's Plan to Pick Your Pocket Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke promotes an idea that would have taxpayers bail out the jumbo mortgage market. |
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
June 26, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Holds His Ground As expected, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds rate steady at 2%. What does the future of interest rates means for you? |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2010
Rich Smith |
7 Stocks for Barack Presidential policies can affect our success as investors. Therefore, how should investors prepare their portfolios for the devaluation of the dollar? |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Dakin Campbell |
Wells Fargo Is Ready to Roll Careful mortgage lending practices helped the San Francisco bank avoid the problems plaguing large rivals such as Bank of America and Citigroup. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Brad Hessel |
Your First, Best Move for 2010: Refinance Your Mortgage Higher rates and a weaker dollar are coming, so take advantage now! |
Reason
January 2009
Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008 |
The 10 Biggest Stories of 2008 What Bear Stearns' fallout means for investors... The people responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Why you should care that Lehman went bust... Black Sunday on Wall Street... AIG's failure is so much bigger than Enron's... etc. |
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
February 20, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Axel Merk |
No Mae? Government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be set to phase out over 10 years. The U.S. economy will be far healthier when homeowners pay a market-based price for mortgages, rather than a price heavily influenced by bureaucrats. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 22, 2009
Orla O'Sullivan |
Suicide Suspected in Freddie Mac CFO Death David Kellermann, 41, found dead in a reported suicide. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Are Homeowners About to Hit the Lottery? Rumors are that the Obama administration is about to order lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Extreme Bank Makeover, Continued Bank of America asks itself, "Does this mortgage lending business make my assets look too big?" |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 15, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
Tech a Factor in Fannie, Freddie Bailout, Analyst Says Technology failed mortgage lenders, the Street and the government-sponsored enterprises that buy their loans in several ways. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Stop Picking at the Housing Carcass The latest attack on banks sounds reasonable but makes no sense. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Wedding Bells for Goldman and Citigroup? The next step for the financial industry looks as though it'll be massive consolidation. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
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
July 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Broke, Out Of a Job, and Homeless: This Week in the Economy No rebound in housing yet... Initial jobless claims soar... State tax revenue plummets due to the downturn...Oil begins to back off its highs... Banks increase emergency borrowing... |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2010
Morgan Housel |
For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2008 |
Virtuous Circle A look at the possible positive effects that a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have on the economy. |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Should We Bail Out Main Street or Wall Street? Really, it's all related, whether bailing out from the bottom up or the top down. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Fool Awards: The Biggest Surprise of the Year We narrowed the biggest events of the year down to these five shockers. Sadly, none of them were good surprises. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Russ Krull |
The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments. |
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November 1, 2008
Marion Asnes |
4 Questions with Tom Atteberry Tom Atteberry, co-manager of First Pacific Advisors, took heat for his concern about the credit market years ago. He speaks about this position now -- and that of our economy. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Woellert & Shenn |
Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie? The Administration is counting on the private sector to fill the gap in home lending if it trims the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004 |
"My Goal for Inflation Is Zero" St. Louis Fed President William Poole talks about the central bank's need to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to rising prices. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2010
Russ Krull |
Betting on Bailouts Using the recent U.S. bailout track record as a guide for investing in Europe. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions. |
