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Freddie Mac Up Next for Additional Aid

by phillenbrandMay 13, 2009 Bailout

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When it comes to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, good news is hard to come by. If you’ve been following the blog, you probably already know that Fannie Mae reported a rather large loss in the first quarter, but [...]

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Fannie Mae Continues to Bleed

by phillenbrandMay 8, 2009 GSEs

I, like many individuals out there, have a hard time really wrapping my brain around large numbers. This isn’t to say that I can’t do math, just that after a certain denomination, I tend to lose sight of the impact that amount of money can have. So when Fannie Mae recently reported that it lost [...]

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Morning Quickie 04/01/2009

by phillenbrandApril 1, 2009 We're Reading

Money And Markets - Financial Terrorism and You
Huffington Post - In for a Penny, In for $2.98 Trillion
MISH’S Global Economic Trend Analysis - Commercial Real Estate Limbo; Lenders Ignore Defaults
Housing Doom - Lenders Refusing “Solid Offers”
Dr. Housing Bubble - Leveraging the Future for a Short-Term Fix. FHA and GSE New Subprime Loan Breeding Ground: The Resurrection of Bad Ideas. [...]

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Let Banks (Not the Government) Be Banks

by phillenbrandJanuary 17, 2009 Economy

Note: The article written below is not meant to defend the actions nor advocate the interests of the American banking system in regards to the real estate market, or the financial markets as a whole.
Occasionally I read a piece of information that seems to leap off the page and shout at me, and an article [...]

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Despite Government Takeover, Fannie Mae Still Bleeding

by MorganNovember 11, 2008 Economy

A guest post from Frank Shump. Frank is a veteran from the financial services industry, and currently authors a blog called Thefinancecastle.com, which documents his thoughts on money matters and his adventures in self employment.
In hind sight, it’s easy to point fingers as to why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were so hopelessly reckless with their [...]

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Fannie & Freddie Should Be Fully Privatized

by phillenbrandOctober 11, 2008 Mortgage Musings

Once we have moved past this current economic crisis, Fannie and Freddie must be fully privatized.

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The Genesis of Our Current Mortgage Crisis

by phillenbrandSeptember 23, 2008 Economy

The genesis of our current financial crisis began with the GSEs, but the decisions which led to this crisis came largely from Washington.

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