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The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann |
Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann |
Cherry-Picking Fannie Fannie Mae is now accused of keeping its most promising loans and selling the rest. That's a shock. But is it a problem for mortgage-backed securities investors? |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2004 Bill Mann |
What Does Fannie Mae Do? Fannie Mae's charter calls on it to ensure that the mortgage market is awash in enough cash so that Americans face minimal problems in their dream of owning a home. But how? And why are its accounting problems such a big deal? |
Reason January 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Fannie Business An investigation by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight found that Fannie Mae systematically misapplied generally accepted accounting practices and manipulated earnings reports to maintain an aura of stability. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 |
Seeing Nothin' But Fannie Fannie Mae's earnings doubled amid a housing boom. Surprised? Don't be. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Feds Find Fraud at Fannie? Investigators find new, "pervasive" evidence of accounting violations at mortgage guarantor Fannie Mae. The stock plunged nearly 11% to a low of $41.71, a level not seen since 1997. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Nick Baker |
Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company July 2004 Carleen Hawn |
CEO See-Ya! What kind of CEO can't manage a mortgage business in an era of low rates and a hot real-estate market? A government-sponsored one, apparently. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 Michael Sisk |
Managing The Troublesome Twins One highly touted feature of the housing legislation signed into law in July is the creation of a tougher regulator to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Duprey |
Too Big to Fail -- or File Mortgage guaranty giant Fannie Mae avoids delisting despite failing to file financials. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2008 Morgan Housel |
How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
U.S. Banker June 2008 Joseph Rosta |
The Two-Step: As Reform Ebbs, Congress Doles Out More Rope Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being given new powers by Congress in an effort to reinvigorate the jumbo-loan market. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Reforming Fannie and Freddie Given the accounting scandals at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's no great shock that the two companies are bracing for increased regulatory oversight. The question for players in the multi-family real estate industry is whether the reforms will cramp their style. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Fannie Awaits the Wrecking Ball Mortgage guaranty company Fannie Mae is set for demolition after the Fed's recent moves. |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Dawn Kopecki |
It Looks Like Fannie Had Some Help Major players on the Street may be tied to the fiasco at the mortgage giant Fannie Mae. |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Joseph Weber |
Why Low-Income Lending Won't Take A Hit If Fannie Mae pulled back, private lenders would step in. Banks and other lenders have already increased their lending to low-income buyers -- and have found that the business they once avoided is lucrative. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Investors Still Buying Fannie Mae Fannie Mae's stock has traded up as much as 5% on news that the CEO and CFO have left the company and the auditors have been dismissed. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
New Rules Coming for Fannie and Freddie The House passes a bill creating a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's no doubt that accounting irregularities have to be cleaned up and confidence restored, but an increase in long-term capital requirements would be unnecessary and harmful. |
BusinessWeek September 11, 2008 |
Virtuous Circle A look at the possible positive effects that a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have on the economy. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Bill Mann |
Putting Blame Where It Is Due Shorts don't take down companies -- crooked and incompetent executives do. Similarly, those homebuilders who are seeking to put more control on Fannie Mae are not the cause of its problems. They're a result of its actions. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Fannie Flunks Again A suspicious looking accounting change may cause everyone to pay for Fannie Mae's bad behavior, if it leads to a green light for the housing bailout plan proposed by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Amid Losses, Fannie Mae Takes on More Risk A deteriorating balance sheet, combined with dramatically increased risk exposure, could spell disaster for Fannie Mae. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Mann et al. |
The People Responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now so painfully proved, trying to serve the master of public policy while generating returns for investors will lead to disaster. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Weber & Palmer |
The Mouse Roaring at Fannie and Freddie A small Chicago rival is horning in on their territory |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie: 1 Year Later A look at the first shots fired in the financial meltdown, and where we go from here. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Bill Mann |
How to Save $15 Billion The Federal Reserve calls the $15 billion in subsidies to Fannie and Freddie "unnecessary." |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
How Big Is The Bite On Fannie And Freddie? Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's exposure to risky loans could be bigger than they say. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Philip Durell |
The Worst Stocks for 2010: Fannie Mae Shareholders should cry Uncle. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2009 Katherine Burger |
Fiserv Will Provide Fannie Mae with Real-time Data Transmission from Its Loan Servicing Platform Fannie Mae has engaged Fiserv in a technology partnership intended to help the agency gain more real-time information about its mortgage portfolio. |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Fannie's Forlorn Forecast After surviving an accounting scandal, Fannie Mae can handle housing's hurting. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
12 Steps to Solving Our Biggest Housing Problem Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a blight on the housing market, but I think there may be a solution. |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Why Fannie And Freddie Are Fidgety The financial giants are loaded down with dicey loans as defaults increase. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Bill Mann |
Sallie Mae Faces Inquiry The SEC questions the student loan company over a measly $100k. Apparently. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Chinese Giving Up on Fannie and Freddie? The Bank of China has cut its securities issued or guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie by a quarter since the end of June. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
The Fannie Mae DMZ Fannie Mae and her little brother, Freddie Mac, are minefields right now -- you'd be better off avoiding the stocks altogether. |
National Real Estate Investor June 2, 2004 Parke Chapman |
APF Closes $170M DUS Loan for Manhattan Residential Towers This American Property Financing transaction represents the largest single-project Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) loan transaction in Fannie Mae's history. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie Are Dead. What's Next? Housing, sans Uncle Sam. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Fannie's House of Cards What is the real value of the home appraisals residing in Fannie Mae's portfolio? When the markets finally get wise and decide to put their money someplace besides these institutions' products, the torrent of cheap mortgage money will slow to a trickle of very expensive mortgage money. |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie Gets a Boost Freddie Mac's stock soars on news of capital raising. |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Bernanke's Plan to Pick Your Pocket Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke promotes an idea that would have taxpayers bail out the jumbo mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Fannie and Freddie's Winners and Losers What does the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mean for investors? Who are the winners? Who are the losers? These questions are discussed in this video. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Paula Dwyer |
Fannie and Freddie: Breaking Up Is Good to Do The two giants have too much on their plates. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2008 |
Pulling Out the Stops The government has steadily broadened its role to safeguard the economy from the credit crisis. Here are some important milestones. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely |
Bank Systems & Technology February 3, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
J.P. Morgan Chosen as Custodian in Fed's MBS Program The goal of the program is to provide support to mortgage and housing markets and to foster improved conditions in financial markets more generally. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2004 Bill Mann |
Showdown: Greenspan vs. Fannie On Tuesday Greenspan followed up on a Federal Reserve report from last month, stating before Congress that government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would threaten the economy if they were allowed to continue to grow apace. |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Freddie-Fannie Saga Continues The good news is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still alive and kicking. The bad news, and there's quite a bit of it, is that their story is far from over. |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Freddie Mac's Two Left Feet The mortgage finance company trots out the same old dance steps. Investors, take note. |