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While most U.S. companies are hoping for an earnings boost from tax reform, Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are simply hoping to survive. According to one analyst, reports on a newly-drafted Senate housing finance reform bill are...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shares are jumping Thursday. Bloomberg reported the Treasury is discussing having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac retain a portion of the fourth-quarter dividend payments in an effort to begin...

The United States’ median national home value popped 6.5 percent year-over-year in October to $203,400, according to a recent Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) report. Unfortunately for the American worker, income didn’t grow as sharply. Average hourly wages increased from $25.90 last...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) CEO Timothy J. Mayopoulos spoke in a tone resonant more with social justice than with Wall Street during a Detroit visit this week.  “The fundamental challenge of providing housing options that are affordable for working families is one...

Bill Ackman is as bullish as ever on Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC), but the two stocks' trading action this year suggests the market isn’t convinced. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stocks are trading lower by roughly 30...

The last time Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) received a bailout, the U.S. economy was in an entirely different place. But with unemployment at a 16-year low and the economy seemingly firing on all cylinders, Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) and Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) shares caught fire Thursday, jumping more than 11 percent each after a new letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mel Watt demonstrated that Congress...

What a difference two little letters can make. Shares of Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are both up 4.8 percent this week after both government-sponsored enterprises included the word “if” in their quarterly financial...

The latest chapter in the Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) drama unfolded this week after a new batch of government documents were released that investors believe provide evidence of the illegality of the Treasury’s “net...

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...

The path forward for Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shareholders has gotten much narrower in the past five months. According to Height Securities' Edwin Groshans, that path may also be much longer than investors realize. Fannie...

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...