Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Fannie and Freddie doomsday scenario - CNNMoney.com


Financial failures: The what-if scenario
Globe and Mail, Canada - 57 minutes ago
There's a lot of talk about the likelihood of another major US financial firm biting the dust, but very little talk about what would happen if one of the ...

Fannie, Freddie Resume Their Free Fall
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
Investors dump shares on concerns about the mortgage giants' capital-raising plans. The companies need housing prices to stabilize, but that's months away ...

Treasurys flat as Fannie, Freddie concerns grow
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
By Deborah Levine, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices traded little changed Thursday as a rebound in US equity markets offset persistent ...

Short US Government Debt, Buy Fannie Mae, RBS Tells Clients
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Shannon D. Harrington July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should buy default protection on US Treasuries as the odds increase that the government will have ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares continue to plunge
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By Robert Schroeder & Greg Robb, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunged for the third time in four days on ...

BOND REPORT: Treasurys Benefiting From Fannie, Freddie Woes
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
Treasuries were little changed Thursday as persistent concern over the health of the two biggest US mortgage lenders, which boosted the safe-haven appeal of ...

Dodd Mortgage Bill Raids Billions More from Fannie Mae, Freddie ...
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As the stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fall dramatically downward this week, the US Senate is resuming ...

Fannie, Freddie sink on government rescue fears
BusinessWeek - 3 hours ago
By ALAN ZIBEL Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell further Thursday amid concerns that shareholders could be wiped out if the government is forced to ...

Paulson says US mortgage giants 'adequately capitalized'
AFP - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Thursday that US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "adequately capitalized" in ...

Fannie, Freddie sink on government rescue fears
Forbes, NY - 3 hours ago
By ALAN ZIBEL 07.10.08, 11:33 AM ET Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plummeted Thursday amid widespread fears on Wall Street that shareholders will be ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shares Tumble
New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage lenders at the heart of the nation’s housing finances, fell to their lowest share prices in ...

Paulson tries to calm Fannie and Freddie fears
Financial Times, UK - 3 hours ago
By By James Politi in Washington Hank Paulson, US Treasury secretary, on Thursday attempted to calm fears about the financial health of Fannie Mae and ...

Fannie, Freddie plunge on rescue report
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
News that government has begun to consider what to do if mortgage finance giants collapse sends battered shares sharply lower again. ...

McCain Says Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac `Vital,' Must Not Fail
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
By Hans Nichols July 10 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain said the federal government cannot allow the government-sponsored mortgage companies Fannie Mae and ...

Fannie and Freddie Stocks Continue Their Slide
Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago
By Howard Schneider Shares of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plummeted for the third day this week, following comments by a former Federal ...

Fannie, Freddie slide again at opening
MarketWatch - 5 hours ago
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of big mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid again at the opening on Thursday ...

Fannie, Freddie Solvency Begs Gov’t Bailout, BAC Needs Dough ...
Barron's Blogs - 5 hours ago
The credit markets are treating mortgage financers Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) as if they’re headed toward insolvency. ...

White House mulls Fannie and Freddie failure
CNNMoney.com - 7 hours ago
by Katie Benner The Bush administration has held talks about what to do if mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) fail, The Wall Street ...

Stocks & Bonds Sharp Fall for Stocks Amid Angst in Lending
New York Times, United States - 8 hours ago
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Half an hour was all it took for a dreary day on Wall Street to turn dire. Widespread fear about the health of the mortgage industry ...

US Mulls Future of Fannie, Freddie
Wall Street Journal - 15 hours ago
By JAMES R. HAGERTY, DEBORAH SOLOMON and DAMIAN PALETTA The Bush administration has held talks about what to do in the event mortgage giants Fannie Mae and ...

The Price of Fannie Mae
Wall Street Journal - 15 hours ago
As opposed to GM or Ford, most Americans have never heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Yet the insolvency of either mortgage giant would have far more ...
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