Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What cute-sounding names. They suggest adorable siblings, not twin financial disasters that may cost $1 trillion when we get the final bill.
According to Edward Pinto, Fannie Mae’s former chief credit officer, in 2008 the two government-supported mortgage finance companies, along with the Federal Housing Administration [...]
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Kotlikoff: How to Fix the Mortgage Mess
January 17th, 2011 by Financial Writer
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more...Are the markets back? Reply is hazy - The Buzz
December 15th, 2010 by Financial Writer
It’s been a long way back, but two of the most widely watched stock market barometers are now trading right around where they were before the financial excrement really hit the fan in September 2008.
The Dow closed Tuesday at 11,476.54, its highest close since September 8, 2008 — a week before the bankruptcy of Lehman [...]
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Why rampant insider trading was inevitable
November 24th, 2010 by Financial Writer
All of the ingredients were in place for industry-wide evidence of insider trading. Add a dash of deals and a new political zeitgeist and the recipe was complete.
A year ago the money manager Doug Kass predicted that we’d see a “broad-ranging sting” in 2010 which would surface “the existence of extensive exchange of information [...]
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FBI hits 3 firms with warrants
November 22nd, 2010 by Financial Writer
Federal agents raided the offices of three investment firms, officials said Monday, with the raids coming amid widespread speculation of hedge-fund insider trading allegations.
The names of the companies were not made public, but a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said the addresses of the raids matched the addresses of Diamondback Capital Management [...]
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Dollar Climbs Amid Questions About Fed Program
October 27th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Dollar rallies amid concerns Fed bond-buying program might be smaller than anticipated
The dollar strengthened Wednesday after concerns grew that the Federal Reserve’s plans to buy Treasurys might be smaller and slower than traders anticipated.
Traders have been expecting that the Fed will announce a plan next week to swiftly buy U.S. Treasurys, with some estimating the [...]
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Google trumps Wall Street targets, shares soar
October 14th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Google Inc (GOOG.O) eased fears that big spending would erode margins as its results blew past Wall Street’s targets, and the Web search leader revealed for the first time the strength of its fledgling mobile and online display ad businesses.
Analysts said strong growth across Google’s core advertising business led to a 25-percent surge in net [...]
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Wall Street feeling some of Main Street’s economic woes
October 12th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Analysts have recently slashed earnings estimates for a number of big players, and several firms have quietly fired staff. Many more layoffs are expected by early next year.
Reporting from New York — For a while, Wall Street seemed impervious to the economic woes clobbering Main Street, with bank profits, bonuses and share prices rebounding sharply.
Not [...]
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China’s consumer price index jump 3.5%
September 11th, 2010 by Financial Writer
China’s consumer price index in August jumped at its fastest rate in almost two years while all 39 of the country’s industries continued to grow, according to data posted Saturday.
Driven higher by China’s worst flooding in years, the consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, gained 3.5% from a year earlier and 0.2% from July, [...]
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Treasuries Rise as European Bank Concern Encourages Demand for Safest Debt
September 7th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Treasuries gained, pushing 10-year note yields down from the highest level in almost a month, as renewed concern Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis will undermine the recovery spurred demand for relative safety.
The yield curve flattened for the first time in five days after the Wall Street Journal reported that European stress tests underestimated some banks’ holdings of [...]
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Euro Declines on Speculation European Banks Will Struggle to Raise Funds
September 6th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The euro fell the most in a week against the dollar and the yen on concern European banks will struggle to raise funds, damping the region’s economic outlook.
The 16-nation currency weakened against 15 of its 16 major counterparts after the Association of German Banks said the nation’s 10 largest lenders, including Deutsche Bank AG, may [...]
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