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Fannie, Freddie Would Need $100BN Bailout In New Financial Crisis

Article By: Tyler Durden

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 5:16 AM EDT

While the latest Fed stress test found that all US commercial banks have enough capital to survive even an "adverse" stress scenario, a severe recession where the VIX hypothetically soars to 70, the two US mortgage giants would not be quite so lucky.

In this article: FNMA, FMCC

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Watt: GSE’s “May Have To Retain Billions Of Dollars In Profits”

Article By: Todd Sullivan

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 11:45 PM EDT

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have to retain billions of dollars in profits rather than turn them over to the U.S. Treasury. Melvin Watt, the supervisor for Fannie and Freddie, said such a move would be aimed at soothing investor jitters.

In this article: FMCC, FNMA

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91 Days

Article By: Marvin R Clark

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:59 PM EDT

91 straight trading days — that is how long the S&P has gone without closing lower by 1% or more. The S&P 500 ended 1.2% down on Oct. 11 — more than four months ago — and hasn’t clocked out on such a negative note since then.

In this article: LYG, TOL, VZ, FSLR, AMZN, FMCC, FNMA, FB

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Berkowitz Responds

Article By: Todd Sullivan

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:41 PM EDT

Last week, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported annual net income of $12.3 billion and $7.8 billion, respectively. This remarkable performance is further proof that these indispensable mortgage insurers have been successfully rehabilitated.

In this article: FMCC, FNMA

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