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On Thursday, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Mel Watt reportedly testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee calling for Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association (OTC: FMCC) to begin retaining their earnings rather than...

In addition to headline-grabbing issues such as healthcare and tax reform, one of the major issues President Donald Trump is facing in office is how to handle government-sponsored enterprises Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC). Since...

After comments from newly-appointed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin renewed investor optimism and lifted the share prices of Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) in late 2016, investors have spent most of 2017 trying to identify the...

Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shareholders have been on quite a ride in recent weeks. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in limbo for years as the courts and the government decide their fate. While both stocks got a big boost...

It has been a difficult month for investors of Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors. Shares of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are down more than 32 percent in the past month after an appeals court upheld a ruling against...

Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shareholders are hoping President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary

On Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had his first sit-down interviews with Fox Business (Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA)) and CNBC since his confirmation. One of the hot-button topics that Mnuchin discussed is the fate of Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC...

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) and Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) shareholders took a beating on Tuesday when an appeals court rejected shareholders’ case that the government-sponsored entities’ (GSEs) net-worth sweep is illegal. With every dime of the...

Shares of Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) plummeted more than 30 percent on Tuesday after an appeals court upheld a decision denying hedge funds the right to challenge the government-sponsored enterprises' (GSEs) net worth...

Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and fellow government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) have both lost roughly a third of their market caps Tuesday following an appeals court ruling upholding a decision that hedge funds are not allowed to...

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) and Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) shares are each down more than 22 percent on Tuesday after an appeals court upheld a ruling that hedge funds may not sue to challenge the legality of two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) net...

Federal Mational Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) on Friday reported that the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) issued $14.4 billion of multifamily mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in Q4 of 2016. That number brings Fannie Mae's total for the year to $55 billion of total multifamily MBS...

Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) have seen their shares rally nicely post the election of Donald Trump, more than doubling from the $1.5 levels they traded before the elections. Fannie, Freddie On The Move The shares of...

Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are making a huge bounce off of multi-week lows on Wednesday. Fannie Mae shares dipped as low as $3.41 on Wednesday morning, and Freddie Mac shares traded down to $3.27. Fannie and Freddie...

Homebuilding stocks have been on a strong run up in the past month, with the major names in the space recording double-digit gains. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) are up 45 percent since November 10 and Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: HOV) has rallied about 49 percent. Meanwhile, luxury...