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15 Sep 2008, 12:37 pm
Although at the moment, with two major financial institutions going into either outright liquidation (Lehman) or de facto liquidation (Bear), and a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, you'd have to wonder if our cost of capital is still the lowest in the world. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 10:47 am
Regulators Reach Out to Lehman Account HoldersDeal Journal: Winners and Losers of the Lehman-Merrill WeekendNews Tracker: Latest updates on Monday's developmentsComplete Coverage: Crisis on Wall StreetArnold Kling shares thoughts here and here.Alex Tabarrok adds:Thanks goodness we bailed out Bear Stearns back in March if we hadn't we might have lost Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and who knows what else. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 7:28 am
Second this article about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae supported, perish the thought, nationalizing them. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 5:14 am
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were lucky to beat the rush last week.According to the advocates of the view that business is self-regulating and doesn't need government regulations tying its hands, or lawyers suing it into oblivion to keep it honest, we should be in the biggest economic expansion, business boom, ever in the history of mankind this morning. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 3:35 am
HOW WASHINGTON FAILED TO REIN IN FANNIE & FREDDIE: Basically, it was bought off. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 3:09 am
But these two developments put together indicate that the lessons of Fannie and Freddie have not been internalized: (1) larger institutions generate more systemic risk, especially when they are (2) highly leveraged and (3) holding junk collateral. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 3:01 am
In adding Merrill Lynch, it would control the nation's largest force of stock brokers as well as a well-regarded investment bank.A combination would create a bank of vast reach, involved in nearly every nook and cranny of the financial system, from credit cards and auto loans to bond and stock underwriting, merger advice and wealth management.I know that Bank of America is pretty sound financially, but if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were "too big to fail," what does that make… [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 1:24 am
The combination of the credit market problems, the housing market's woes, Fannie and Freddie, and the mess on Wall Street likely will have regulatory consequences. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
This major story in today's Washington Post takes the position that the failure of congressional leaders and the Clinton Administration to curb the uncontrolled growth of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- and to withstand the enormous lobbying pressure from the two mortgage giants -- led to their meltdown. [read post]
13 Sep 2008, 8:22 pm
This last week just witnessed the largest government intervention in the financial market - the U.S. government took control of the two mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and will acquire $1 billion of preferred shares in each and provide as much as $200 billion to the two companies on a need basis. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 9:23 pm
NLRB Law Memo 09/12/2008 by LawMemo - First in Employment Law. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 8:26 pm
• Mortgage rates have dropped since the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 2:26 pm
NYT, McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac – “The disclosure contradicts a statement by Senator McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 2:55 am
Indeed, and to bring this blog post full circle, I note in that regard that a September 11, 2008 CFO.com article entitled "Fannie-Freddie Bailout Losses Hit Banks" (here) reports that a number of banks have issued warnings about the hits they must take to their balance sheet because of Fannie and Freddie's collapse. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 7:26 pm
CORNYN CALLS FOR A CRIMINAL PROBE IN TO FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC: Reader Matt Szekeley, who sent the link, observes, "Well, they did it for Enron. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 7:00 pm
Fannie, Freddie Get Tax Pass, Too; A Special IRS Rule Written Just For the Beleaguered Mortgage Lenders Will Squelch Their Tax Bill for Years to Come, by Marie Leone: Wouldn't it be nice if the IRS issued a new tax... [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 11:39 am
Fannie Mae sold a record $7 billion of two-year notes to investors, signaling renewed confidence in the mortgage lender after the government moved on Sunday to bail out Fannie Mae and rival Freddie Mac. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 6:01 am
Juggles over at Long or Short Capital passes along this fictional thank-you note from Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to American taxpayers after this week's seemingly inevitable federal bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (prior posts here): Dear US Taxpayer, I would like to congratulate you on your recent purchase. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 8:24 pm
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have stated that they will decline to purchase these sub-prime loans from New York given the increased exposure and cost as a result of this new legislation. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 5:56 pm
When "Government-Sponsored Enterprises" fail, blame free-market thinking. [read post]
