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5 Jan 2009, 7:22 pm
Therefore, in this particular battle, you have to root for the FDIC.It's interesting that first JPMorgan Chase slugs it out with Freddie Mac over a buy-back request (in that case due to alleged defaults by Wamu, which JPMorgan chased purchased in an FDIC-assisted deal) and now the FDIC tells Fannie Mae that it won't roll over and play dead when a similar demand is made. [read post]
4 Jan 2009, 12:20 am
Madoff, Freddie and Fannie, Lehman, the SEC, and more.The End of the Financial World as We Know It [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 4:44 pm
In September, Fannie and Freddie's implied guarantee edged ahead.As the year wore on, analysts warned of an Oxymoron Bubble. [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 4:44 pm
In September, Fannie and Freddie's implied guarantee edged ahead.As the year wore on, analysts warned of an Oxymoron Bubble. [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 9:47 am
As I noted here, and as a result of the dramatic events in the financial markets during September and October 2008, a number of companies outside the financial sector were hit with credit crisis-related lawsuits, particularly those with exposure to Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or those that made wrong-way bets on currencies or commodities. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 10:34 pm
The government, hell-bent on distorting our markets, created distortions that motivated all to ignore market realities, which led to loans to credit unworthy borrowers.These market distortions were caused by the Federal Reserve, the unmitigated backing by Congress of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration loosening of down-payment requirements, the strengthening of the Community Reinvestment Act, and the Department of Housing asserting pressure on lenders to lend. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 5:13 am
Giventhis fact there is little reason to wonder why Senator Dodd blocked reform proposals for Fannie and Freddie, calling them “ill advised. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 4:50 pm
The unthinkable has happened with the fallen pillars of Bear Stearns, Lehman, Merrill Lynch, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and AIG. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 9:32 am
Investors are always looking for the highest yield (return) possible, so when other options are available, they tell mortgage buyers Fannie and Freddie that unless they offer some higher-yield options, they are moving to bonds or stocks. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 2:13 am
Prisoner sues after pet parrot diesA dead parrot named Freddy is the focus of a US lawsuit after his ex-con owner claimed prison guards denied him a phone call that would have saved the bird's life. [read post]
30 Dec 2008, 11:00 am
It took government intervention to stop the CEOs of Fannie and Freddie from receiving $25 million in parachutes. [read post]
30 Dec 2008, 9:21 am
As detailed below, the story has a serious side (even though it also demands spending time watching this classic comedy video): The death of Freddy the parrot could be debated in federal courts. [read post]
30 Dec 2008, 6:27 am
"Lawsuit begins with end of parrot; Inmates' rights questioned after man not allowed to make call": Yesterday's edition of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware contained an article that begins, "The death of Freddy the parrot could be debated in federal courts. [read post]
29 Dec 2008, 9:01 am
"She made something up, and her story was the nanny, who supposedly had the baby all day did not bring the baby back," Miami detective Freddy Ponce said. [read post]
29 Dec 2008, 1:23 am
" More21) Bill Miller comes up short: The fund manager's contrarian bets on Bear Stearns, AIG and Freddie Mac cost his investors plenty. [read post]
28 Dec 2008, 9:00 pm
Thanks, Freddie, for you. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 6:02 pm
And in September, the FBI revealed that it is investigating the people who ran Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG, all of which were casualties of this year's market meltdown. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 12:01 am
Russ Roberts writes: There are four factors that helped drive up the price of real estate in the United States and create the housing bubble: The GSEs (Fannie and Freddie), the Community Reinvestment Act, expansionary monetary policy starting in 2001, and the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act that for the first time let people avoid capital gains on home price appreciation without having to rollover the gains into a bigger house.We have heard a great deal about the first three, but Russ… [read post]
25 Dec 2008, 2:14 am
The people with whom the Chamber and the Institute do battle are not the people who invented or allowed the great pyramid schemes which brought down Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. [read post]
25 Dec 2008, 12:01 am
It seems to me that many of the bad decisions made, both on the pro (Fannie, Freddie, Community Reinvestment Act, etc.) and anti (failure to regulate derivatives, leverage, etc.) were not the result of any particular ideology, but the natural result of the political process. [read post]
