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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Posts Tagged ‘ Fannie Mae ’

Turning Sub-Prime Misery Into Vacation Homes

May 21st, 2008 | By Adrian Ash | Category: Real Estate Investments

You can’t blame Fannie Mae for trying. Last year saw British property buyers snap up around 20,000 homes in the United States.



Housing Crisis: Fannie Mae’s Less Than Prime Mortgage Book

May 7th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

Fannie Mae is supposed to be prime, but it turns out that much of its loan book is made up of less than perfect credit.

Forbes reports that yesterday “Fannie Mae executives told analysts that 43.0%, or $946 million, of the $2.2 billion in losses incurred during the first quarter involved Alt-A loans. They also said that the company’s ‘Alt-A book will continue to drive an outsize portion of our overall credit losses.’



Rogue Operation, Where Are You?

May 5th, 2008 | By Dave Gonigam | Category: Politics & Economics

Reading this Bloomberg story about the increasing demands being made on the Fed, I couldn’t help but think of the theme song to the vintage TV series “Car 54, Where are You?”



Free Fallin’

Apr 18th, 2008 | By Justice Litle | Category: Politics & Economics

Do the world’s top finance ministers happen to be closet Taipan Daily readers? If your response to that question is “yeah right,” then don’t worry. That’s our response, too. And yet, the movers and shakers appear to have taken a cue from these pages.



Junk Bond Nation

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Financial News, Politics & Economics

“We’re beginning to see the whole world financial situation as a U.S. problem. There is a lot going on…but the big story seems to be about America and Britain, to the extent it shared the Anglo-Saxon economic model…its money, its wealth and its place in the world…” says Bill Bonner.

“America’s triple-A credit rating may be in danger”, says Standard and Poor’s.



The Unrequited Love of the Taxpayer

Apr 3rd, 2008 | By Adrian Ash | Category: Politics & Economics

If you’re game for a laugh, I’d like you – in reading the following quotes – to imagine the words “tax-payers’ cash” wherever you see the words “government” or “central bank”.  Better still, imagine they spell out the words “your savings” instead. Here’s goes…



Markets Surge, Commodities Fall, Call for Global Recession, A New China Boom, and More!

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: International Investing

U.S. markets surge… The 5 reviews the winners and losers of the best start to Q2 in 70 years. M&A activity falls dramatically… Chris Mayer on how to alter your investment strategy. Gas prices still at record highs… striking truckers threaten to grind highways to a halt. IMF says 25% odds of a global recession, calls current U.S. crisis worst since Great Depression. Plus, the coming China boom that’s escaped the mainstream.