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Fannie Mae Continues to Bleed

by phillenbrandMay 8, 2009 GSEs

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

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The Impact of Freddie Mac’s CFO Suicide

by phillenbrandApril 23, 2009 Bailout

If you happened to be a conspiracy theorist, you’d almost have to be salivating at a story like this. Freddie Mac, which has been at the center of attention in regards to the nationwide housing crisis, had their Chief Financial Officer die in an apparent suicide. The company currently owns or guarantees about [...]

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Renters Find Relief

by MorganDecember 15, 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.
As we prepare for the Fed to lower rates to an all time low and more consumer hitting the daunting certainty [...]

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