Richard F. Syron
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Fannie, Freddie Socked by Investor Paranoia
Jul 07, 2008It doesn’t take much to knock a company’s stock into the abyss in this sort of unsure financial market — witness the fate Monday afternoon of twin government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae [stock FNM][/stock] and Freddie Mac [stock FRE][/stock] as the latest case studies in what is clearly an increasingly jittery market. Shares in both GSEs were clobbered Monday largely after a warning from a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. [stock LEH][/stock] said that both GSEs would need to raise as much as $75 billion in fresh capital.
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HUD Gives Fannie, Freddie Pass on Affordable Housing Quotas
Apr 28, 2008 -
Freddie Mac Gives $10.5 Million in Grants for Foreclosure Prevention
Apr 18, 2008 -
Fannie and Freddie: No Recovery for Housing Until 2010
Dec 11, 2007 -
Freddie Cuts Dividend, Announces $6 Billion Preferred Offering
Nov 27, 2007 -
Freddie Mac Faces Legal Heat Over Losses
Nov 21, 2007 -
Freddie Mac Settles SEC Fraud Charges, Will Pay $50 Million
Sep 28, 2007 -
Housing Slump Bites Freddie Mac; Profit Drops 45 Percent
Aug 30, 2007 -
Next? Freddie Still Looking for CEO
May 01, 2007 -
Money, Meet Mouth: Freddie to Buy $20 Billion in Subprime Loans
Apr 19, 2007