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Add to Portfolio Go to your Portfolio » Among them is Jim Leach , a Republican former representative from Iowa, who argued in Congress that the government-chartered mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , were unfairly insulated from the real...
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8 New York: The bears have Wall Street cornered and they just won't let go. The coming week is almost sure to be a rocky ride for the US stock market as investors fret about the stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored home finance...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, wall street, credit crisis
The stock market swoon over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this week has left many consumers scratching their heads, wondering whether buying a home is a worse idea than it was seven days ago or whether to take down the "for sale" sign in the yard...Thus...
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Fears that the government will be forced to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could well become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Shares of the government-chartered mortgage finance giants plummeted Thursday and are trading at levels last seen in the early...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, investment banks, Henry Paulson, Congress, Treasury, treasury secretary, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Federal Reserve, secretary henry
Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) are "insolvent" and may need a U.S. government bailout, former St. Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole was quoted as saying in an interview...
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Freddie Mac’s stock plunged more than 30 percent and Fannie Mae’s more than 20 percent in the first hour of trading. Shortly after 11 a.m., Freddie Mac was down 25 percent, to $7.71, and Fannie was down 13 percent, to $13.40. It was the second straight...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Senate Banking Committee, mortgage giant, U.S, Fannie May, housing market, giant fannie
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought Thursday to calm investor jitters about the financial health of Fannie and Freddie. They are "working through this challenging period," Paulson told Congress. "Their regulator has made clear that they are adequately...
Tags: Henry Paulson, White House, Senate, House Financial Services Committee, white housing, Fannie Mae, Mr. Paulson, Freddie Mac, Treasury, mortgage rescue
This Story Jitters about earnings both here and on Wall Street sent shares tumbling 1.4 percent in early trading today. US stocks tumbled heavily as investors fretted over the health of corporate America where major companies began reporting their second...
Tags: wall street, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, jones industrial, industrial average, earnings jitters, NZPA, sent share, economic uncertainty, mortgage finance
Freddie Mac fell 18% and Fannie Mae dropped 16% after Lehman Brothers analysts said in a report that an accounting change may force them to raise a combined $US75 billion. Speculation that the companies may take further writedowns also weighed on the...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, housing market
Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) shares plunged to their lowest in nearly 16 years on Monday while costs to insure their debt against default rose on concern the two largest U.S....
Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, U.S, wall street, accounting rules