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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
September 19, 2008 |
Fool Blog: How to Waste $6,000 NBA player Doug Christie and his wife make a magnanimous offer to help the stock market. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2008
Scott Schedler |
How We Can Fix a Crisis We Did Not Create Why we support an imperfect solution to a massive problem -- and why we want your support. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Todd Wenning |
A Simple Question for the Supreme Court Your silence -- as Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the Treasury Department have mortgaged the future of our country -- is deafening. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Air Comes out of Financial Stocks Geez ... it was about time. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Mac Greer |
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Future What will Wall Street look like in five years? A conversation with Michael Lewis, editor of the new anthology Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, in this video. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Lorraine Woellert |
The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble Financiers, homebuilders, and real estate agents are uniting to save mortgage subsidies |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
What Part of the Bailout Plan Did You Miss? Picking apart the new plan. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Why Fannie and Freddie Were Doomed After a stunning week in which the government-sponsored enterprises saw nearly half their stock market value erased, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced three measures to reassure the market. But how did we get into this mess in the first place? |
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. |
InternetNews
September 16, 2008
Paul Shread |
Dell Tumbles, But Stocks Recover on AIG Hopes Dell hit a 10-year low after warning of weak demand, but AIG's fate remains critical for financial markets. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Paulson's New Plan: A Cheap Mortgage for Every Home A new rescue plan for the economy would use nationalized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the 30-year fixed mortgage rate down as far as 4.5%, over a full point lower than the current level. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Fannie, Freddie: "Keep the House!" Are taxpayers subsidizing deadbeat homeowners? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Roben Farzad |
Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely |
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
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. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Fool Poll: Do You Agree With the House's Vote? Weighing in on today's historic moves. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount. |
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
September 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Freddie and Fannie Shareholders: What This Means for You Freddie and Fannie -- created by the government to provide liquidity to the mortgage market -- have been essentially taken over by the government to, well, provide liquidity to the mortgage market. How does this affect shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Soros and Congress' Smokescreen Hedge funds aren't the culprits in this crisis. The only losses hedge funds have sustained will be borne by their investors -- all qualified individuals and institutions. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Tuesday's Terrible Financial Stocks These past two days were the worst days financial stocks have seen in recent memory. Take a look at the biggest losers: Fannie Mae... Freddie Mac... MF Global... Corus Bankshares... Central Pacific Financial... |
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
September 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Bailout: Myths, Half-Truths, and Inconsistencies Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Dissecting McCain's Bailout Plan A little "straight talk" on the candidate's mortgage proposal. |
BusinessWeek
October 9, 2008 |
Pulling Out the Stops The government has steadily broadened its role to safeguard the economy from the credit crisis. Here are some important milestones. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Holding Strong at Bank of America You can look -- the quarter really wasn't that bad. Honest. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Is AIG Worth a Third More Than on Friday? The shares of troubled insurer American International Group have gained about a third in this week -- after having tripled since the end of July. What's the reason? |
InternetNews
September 19, 2008
Paul Shread |
Investors Cheer Financial Rescue Plan Investors responded enthusiastically Friday to the federal government's massive financial rescue plan, but the long-term process of sorting winners and losers is just beginning. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
The Market Meltdown: A Year Later Are we better off today? |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Melanie Waddell |
And the Winner Is... A refresher course on the Presidential candidates positions of importance to the financial services industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2008
Buck Hartzell |
Fool Blog: Invest Like a Second-Grader Market wisdom from a 7-year-old. |
U.S. Banker
October 2009
Barbara A. Rehm |
What if More Women Ran Banks? Many of the women being honored in this issue say female CEOs would have had more diverse management teams that would have reined in the institution long before losses began piling up like leaves in the woods on a windy fall day. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stock Gains Evaporate The market's enthusiasm over the rescue of Fannie and Freddie lasted all of a day, but TI could give technology investors a boost on Wednesday. |
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
February 18, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
AIG: We Like Our Toxic Waste An outsider's take on AIG's risk. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
AIG Bonus Outrage Is Bogus Don't buy the government's surprised anger at the AIG exec bonuses. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Woellert & Miller |
Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie The debate has begun on how to reform the mortgage giants. |
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? |
