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• Federal Reserve Conflicted Over Its Mortgage Intervention Program

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 123
  The Federal Reserve has a program in place to buy $1.25 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities to keep mortgage interest rates low and revive the housing market. This program has been credited with keeping the housing market steady over the past six months. Read more on Federal Reserve Conflicted Over Its ...
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• U.S. Government To Put $400 Billion Into Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 123
  The government pushed Fannie and Freddie to buy $1.7 trillion worth of risky mortgage assets. Priming the housing market pump? Well, it flooded it. Why is the government subsidizing the buying of toxic mortgages? Read more on U.S. Government To Put $400 Billion Into Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac…
  2 days ago

• Its Going To Be Hard To Forget 2009

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 123
  Sure, the Dow Jones average made a nice gain on the year. Inflation stayed under control. The rest of the economic news? Grim. Banks believe they have a handle on things and dont seem eager to participate in the U.S. Treasurys trillion-dollar toxic asset program. Read more on Its Going To Be Hard To Forget 2009…
  2 days ago

• Did the Fed Buying MBS Make a Difference?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  By Mark A. Calabria Recent years have witnessed a multitude of new Federal Reserve programs aimed at bringing stability to our financial markets.  One of the largest programs has been the Fed’s purchase of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteed mortgage-backed securities (MBS).  The program was initially announced ...
  2 days ago

• The Biggest Losers — Behind the Christmas Eve taxpayer massacre at Fannie and Freddie

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Happy New Year, readers, but before we get on with the debates of 2010, theres still some ugly 2009 business to report: To wit, the Treasurys Christmas Eve taxpayer massacre lifting the $400 billion cap on potential losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as the limits on what the failed companies can borrow. ...
  3 days ago

• Better keep an eye on this potential back-door Tarp.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  There is a plan for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to buy mortgage backed securities from the big banks. The Treasury has lifted the caps on aid Fannie mae and Freddie mac can recieve to cover losses. Dennis Kucinich wants congressional hearings on the matter, and warns “This new authority must be used responsibly and ...
  3 days ago

• Timothy Geithner Meets Vladimir Lenin (unlimited Fannie and Freddie bailouts)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  “The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.” Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution Last week, while Congress and the nation were preoccupied with the holidays, the Treasury made a Christmas eve announcement that it would be providing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unlimited ...
  3 days ago

• The Biggest Losers

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  Behind the Christmas Eve taxpayer massacre at Fannie and Freddie. Happy New Year, readers, but before we get on with the debates of 2010, theres still some ugly 2009 business to report: To wit, the Treasurys Christmas Eve taxpayer massacre lifting the $400 billion cap on potential losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...
  3 days ago

• Important News - Jan. 02

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  1) U.S. Stocks Drop as Crisis Causes S&P 500’s First Decade Loss “This year’s rally wasn’t enough to restore money lost in two bear markets after the Internet bubble collapsed in 2000 and more than $1.7 trillion in global bank losses sent the index to a 38 decline in 2008. The S&P 500 posted an ...
  5 days ago

• Hey Bernanke 1 + 1 will always eventually equal 2. Quit dreaming and go back to kindergarten.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  It is funny that if you want to buy a house the Bank wants tax forms and solid proof you have assets even though most banks themselves have even less assets than you do, no revenue after accounting for losses and reserves, and are financially worse off. If only Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were more strict on the banks ...
  5 days ago

• How Are Freddie And Fannie Doing Again Mr. Frank?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 164
  Rep. Barney Frank, who wouldn’t know reality if it bit him in his posterior, although he may enjoy that, is one of the best and most shining examples of why liberals should never be elected to government. Remember back in 2008, when he proudly declared of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (two unconstitutional arms of the ...
  6 days ago

• >>Some of the biggest, baddest SLEAZE of 2009.

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 140
  TRANSPARENT ETHICAL ADMINISTRATION!…..UH – HUH!!!…., http://efile–taxes.com/ The Obama Democrats: By ‘The Number$’ $34,000: the amount of federal taxes that Secretary of the Treasury Tim othy Geithner (D) failed to pay during his employment at the International Monetary Fund   despite receiving extra ...
  1 week ago

• Fannie, Freddie proving too big to shrink

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  The governments Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at making sure the housing market doesnt take another turn for the worse and cause the economic recovery to unravel.
  1 week ago

• CNBCs Rick Santelli Condemns Media for Ignoring Removal of Pig Slop Cap on Fannie, Freddie

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 178
  While much of the national media was focused on a Christmas Eve Senate vote to pass health care reform legislation, the Obama administrations Treasury Department was tending to other business that will have serious implications for the U.S. economy. But did anyone notice? As Zachary Goldfarb reported for The ...
  1 week ago

• The whole article as always from John Galt is superb, but just a portion to post here, read the rest at the link below

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  “Foreigners Send a Message: Your Debt Instruments Suck ” ~~SNIP~~ We’ve now witnessed an almost 0.30% move in less that two weeks. What do the foreigners know that the Bubbleconomists will not admit? Perhaps it is a complete and total distrust of the United States Congress and Executive branches to reign in ...
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• Reinflating the housing bubble—Fixing nothing–kicking the can into the wall!

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  Has President Obama learned nothing from the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-guaranteed mortgage giants? Has he learned nothing from the broader collapse of the housing market, caused in large part by the rotten mortgage securities that these two firms churned out and sold to investors over the ...
  1 week ago

• I left my healthcare bills in the drawer and used the credit card to buy stuff.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  Things may be better in the market but they are the same or worse on the streets. 1.Unemployment is up and still rising and there is no job creation in sight! 2. Foreclosures are still rising and so are auto loan and credit card defaults. 3. Housing sales are still dismal and loans are hard to come by. 4. What ...
  1 week ago

• Notes on the Fannie and Freddie unbelievable back-door bailout—

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  The proper interpretation of these events is succinctly laid out by Edward Harrison at the Credit Writedowns blog, to wit….Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be used as a nationalization of America’s mortgage problems via a back door bailout of banks. The evidence, therefore, tends to demonstrate that we have ...
  1 week ago

• Fannie and Freddie’s Huge Christmas Bonus

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  While Americans across the country hustled and bustled for last minute gifts and holiday preparations, our wizards in Washington tied a big red ribbon on a blank check made out to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. In the process, a future of socialized housing finance has been increasingly solidified. Why would the Obama ...
  1 week ago

• Things may be better in the market but they are the same or worse on the streets.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 158
  1.Unemployment is up and still rising and there is no job creation in sight! 2. Foreclosures are still rising and so are auto loan and credit card defaults. 3. Housing sales are still dismal and loans are hard to come by. 4. What kind of shape are the banks really in with previous toxic assets still on the books, ...
  1 week ago

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