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8 Sep 2008, 12:50 pm
By Alan White Once again the Treasury Department has stepped in to protect investors in mortgage-backed securities (this time those of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) but has not addressed the underlying problem. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 12:31 pm
The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will post big consequences in yet another corner of the financial markets: contracts that protect $1.47 billion of the mortgage finance giants’ bonds against default. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 12:15 pm
   The decision by the government to seize control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eliminates an uncomfortable fiction. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 12:13 pm
So I woke up on this beautiful day and decided to post on the GSE bailout, even though it's already inspired so much commentary that one could read for the collective lifetimes of the Presidential/VP candidates' children (that's 12 kids for the McCain-Palin ticket alone) and still not get through it all.The federal government's "implied guarantee" of Fannie and Freddie has turned out to be one stupendously expensive oxymoron.At a 2004 Senate Banking Committee… [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 12:11 pm
Today's Washington Post has a terrific set of stories on the Freddie/Fannie takeover. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 12:06 pm
Treasury take over the two publicly owned mortgage-finance giants, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 11:40 am
In the end, and like all bailouts, the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae weekend affair was imperfect. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 11:35 am
Over the years, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac showered riches on many winners: their executives, Wall Street bankers and Washington lobbyists. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 11:31 am
As part of its rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government has dismissed to the current chief executives of the mortgage giants and replaced them with two veterans of the financial world. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 6:38 am
  Our politicians may make sounds as if they are protecting the poor, but Fannie and Freddie aren't really people. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 3:14 am
The Perils of Fannie and Freddie (playing out somewhat like that old cliff-hanger series, "The Perils of Pauline") have kept financial commentators on the edge of their seats all summer. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 2:09 am
Some VC readers were wondering what the US Stock Market is likely to do on Monday, the day after the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.... [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 1:37 am
The government's intervention in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seems sufficient proof that things aren't working out as planned. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 6:10 pm
The Treasury Department seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant quasi-public mortgage finance companies, on Sunday and announced a four-part rescue plan that included an open-ended guarantee to provide as much capital as they need to stave off insolvency. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 6:06 pm
"We're simply not in position to monitor and enforce compliance with all these requirements," said Brad German, a Freddie Mac spokesman. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 5:09 pm
The AP reports a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:... [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 5:05 pm
The Treasury Department announced a centibillion dollar bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 7:11 am
Treasury Henry Paulson, who said that the government is focused on ensuring that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain in business while maintaining its current form. [read post]