All Posts Tagged With: "FNM"

Same Old Mistakes, Different Day

Gustav threatens to shut down the oil rigs in the Gulf…trying to explain the mysteries of market cycles over dinner. Everything is in its right place…stocks keep rallying on false hopes that the end is nigh. The realm of the world economy is extraordinary…a ’slow volcano’ could power San Francisco…and more!

Naked Greed Behind this Housing Crisis

Andrew Gordon at Investor’s Daily Edge responds to his readers’ comments about the U.S. housing crisis and the fate of Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM). Banks, mortgage financers, lawyers, speculative buyers, no comes out looking good in this mess. How could such widescale deceit be allowed to happen? Naked greed, says Andrew…

Buy Fannie and Freddie Debt Now at Record Yield Spreads

The U.S. banking system is in hot water. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a total of nine banks have failed this year. Five folded in July alone.

To stabilize the situation, the U.S. government is poised to bail out Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM). This opens up a great opportunity for investor, says Eric Roseman in The Sovereign Society.

He is buying Fannie and Freddie short-term and intermediate-term debt up to a maximum of five years. Yields are at historic highs and the government won’t allow these institutions to fail.

Fannie (FNM) and Freddie (FRE) Shareholders Will Be Wiped Out

Andrew Gordon in Investor’s Daily Edge says the Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) saga is more suited to a Hollywood script than the financial pages. Except, unlike the movies, it really is too late to save the lead roles. Andrew says the government is running out of alternatives to fully nationalizing both organisations…

Profit from Stocks’ Slide with These 3 Put Options

The dominoes are falling, says Adam Lass in Taipan Daily.

The housing market is still a shambles, nine U.S. banks have failed so far this year, and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) are all but nationalized. What’s more, the world’s central bankers can’t agree on what caused this mess, let along how to fix it.

But amid the gloom and doom, Adam says put options on MetLife (NYSE:MET), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Capital One (NYSE:COF) can still yield triple-digit gains…

Obama’s Tax Hikes Are Better Than a Bigger Budget Deficit

The Democratic National Convention is in full swing. This puts the party’s nominee, Barack Obama, in the spotlight this week.

It’s well known that Obama will raise taxes if elected president. Many see this as a bad for investors.

Martin Hutchinson in Money Morning disagrees. He says the alternative to Obama’s proposed tax hikes is a far more dangerous scenario in the long run: a spiraling U.S. budget deficit. It is also likely that Obama would get rid of Ben Bernanke as head of the Fed and push interest rates higher…

LIBOR Indicates Credit Crisis Deepening as 2008 Draws to a Close

The rate at which banks lend to each other hit its highest level in two months last week, and may soon approach record levels established last year – an indication that the credit crisis is far from over.

Stagflation Remains a Real Threat to U.S. Economy

Money Morning’s William Patalon III says comments by Ben Bernanke at the end of the week show he continues to prioritise economic growth over inflation. This means no rate hikes in the near future. But despite falling commodity prices, William says the threat of stagflation is growing…

Dollar Rallies

In the currency market, the dollar shot higher against the euro. Late Friday, the euro was trading at $1.4788 vs. $1.4902 on Thursday.

It’s More than Fannie and Freddie

It’s more than Freddie and Fannie, the US banking system is in trouble, $500 billion and counting. Yet another crisis confronts us, as we will have to deal with the aftermath of a rather large number of bank failures over the next year, which is likely to overwhelm the ability of the FDIC to insure your bank deposits.

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