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This post is from Benzinga's Partner Content team More than 4 billion shares—or $7.7 billion—exchanged hands on the OTCQX Best Market and OTCQB Venture Market in July. These were the most active individual securities on each of the top tiers of OTC Markets.  OTCQX Market ...

With the second half of 2019 well underway, let’s take a look back at 10 numbers that defined the activity on OTC Markets through the first six months of the year.  1) 187 The number of securities that joined the OTCQX and OTCQB Markets in the first half of the year—60 joined...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae control about 70% of single-family mortgage originations. Although they are not quick to change the qualification standards, the government-sponsored enterprises frequently play with the debt-to-income ratio, or DTI.  What The Ratio Means For...

As we highlighted last month, preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac experienced dramatic increases in dollar trading volume to start 2019. That was not the case in February however, as dollar volume in the mortgage liquidity providers receded back to normal levels. While different share...

Government-sponsored enterprises Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) have sprung back to life in 2019, with both stocks up more than 139 percent year-to-date. After years of disappointment for investors, one prominent voice on Wall...

Trading data from OTC Markets Group shows that shares of government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a dramatic increase in dollar trading volume last month. Common shares of Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) experienced 795 percent and 529 percent month-over-...

Love him or hate him, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may be the best and last hope for Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors. Mnuchin’s ability to assemble a “dream team” of cooperators as heads of Fannie Mae...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors received more bad news last week when U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth dismissed the majority of the claims against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a shareholder lawsuit against the two...

Donald Trump's presidency hasn’t provided the beacon of hope Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors had hoped it would.  A major leadership transition in Washington could be imminent, and Height Capital Markets...

For the first time since 2012, Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) needed taxpayer bailout funds to cover quarterly losses. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each reported large fourth-quarter losses after absorbing a one-time drop in the value...

The U.S. stock market is off to a hot start to 2018, but Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are headed in the other direction, each down roughly 20 percent on the month. For better or for worse, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should get a...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors have gotten a lot of good news about the government-sponsored enterprises’ future in recent months. Unfortunately, that good news hasn't been reflected in the stocks’ share...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors got some good news this week when the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to retain $3 billion of income each...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shares are rocking Thursday after the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to retain a portion of their income to start...

A draft Senate bill addressing housing finance reform bodes well for Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC), according to a Washington analyst.  The Analyst Height Financial Services' Edwin Groshans. The Thesis Fannie Mae and...