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24 Sep 2008, 2:16 am
AP: "The FBI is investigating four major U.S. financial institutions whose collapse helped trigger a $700 billion bailout plan by... [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 10:52 pm
The crisis has led the Bush administration to ask Congress to approve a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry.The investigations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were recently opened, said the official. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:40 pm
The new Republican strategy of deciding Fannie and Freddie are to blame for everything (as if the Bush Administration was not in charge of oversight for Fannie and Freddie) seems odd considering John McCain's strong ties to Fannie and Freddie lobbyists. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:14 pm
.: Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae, AIG and Lehman Bros. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:06 pm
Some Severance Payments Beat the Regulators The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, says it will curtail severance payments to their ex-CEOs. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 2:01 pm
Elizabeth Dole wants to talk about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 12:38 pm
Fannie and Freddie's affordable housing goals are not technically part of the CRA but they are motivated by the same goals. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 4:01 am
The irony is that many of these banks themselves steered clear of subprime lending excesses, and at the same time considered Fannie and Freddie, as the Journal states, “rock solid investments. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 9:25 pm
helped detail the bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as Tropical Storm Hanna drenched the capital. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 8:43 pm
In 2005, this AEI publication tried to save us from the Fannie-Freddie-induced meltdown. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 7:05 pm
We've already established that the cost of a federal bailout is dilution (Fannie/Freddie, AIG), so dilution shouldn't raise a lot of eyebrows at this point. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:55 pm
Business historian John Steele Gordon, guestposting at Freakonomics, has some thoughts on the distinction between a financial crisis and an economic crisis, the danger signs with Fannie and Freddie, and the prescience of the WSJ editorial board.... [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:19 pm
For the gaming tables to be closed and the money paid out, the losers must be bailed out -- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, A.I.G. and who knows what to come? [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 2:08 pm
Last week McCain was lying about former Freddie Mac CEO Franklin Raines advising Obama, both in his ads and on the stump. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:20 pm
Here's another way of looking at it: If you want to look at the fortunes of financial services companies since the last market peak (October 9, 2007, for those of you keeping score at home), here are some representative numbers: IndyMac: -100% Lehman Brothers: -100% Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: -99% AIG: -95% Bear Stearns: -93% Washington Mutual: -88% Countrywide: -78% Wachovia: -64% Morgan Stanley: -61% Merrill Lynch: -60% Citigroup: -57% Keycorp: -56% Goldman… [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:11 pm
., the fifth largest U.S. bank, said on Monday it expects a charge to write down the third quarter of $ 480 million in investments related to preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 6:38 am
Over at Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman announces: Concurring Opinions, like A.I.G. and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac before it, is now too big too fail. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:12 am
Meanwhile, Indian leftists are stunned at nationalisation in a country they view as pitilessly capitalist.Two of the nationalised corporations, Fannie May and Freddie Mac, are by far the biggest mortgage lenders in the world, with $5 trillion of mortgages and loans on their books. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 4:09 am
And that Obama was on the Fannie-Freddie payroll: The top three U.S. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:25 am
A multitude of other companies have announced or will be announced similar losses, and not just related to Lehman, but also in connection with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other companies whose securities have faced or that will face similar collapses. [read post]
