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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, October 28: All Eyes On Apple
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 6:51am | 1127Read More...With 24 percent of the S&P 500 companies set to report third quarter earnings this week, Apple stands out as one of the most highly anticipated. The technology giant is set to open its books to the public after the bell on Monday. After the second quarter showed a negative trend in iPad...
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Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development Shaun Donovan Previews Obama's Housing Speech
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 11:04am | 468Read More...United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning to give an insider's preview on President Obama's upcoming speech on housing in Arizona later today. Despite a resurgence in the housing market, Donovan said that a step Obama has...
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Barron's Recap: Fannie and Freddie Will Fade
Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 1:58pm | 863Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a discouraging outlook for the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a special report on exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the prospects for Restoration Hardware, Dover and HollyFrontier. Cover Story "Fannie, Freddie: On Borrowed Time" by Jonathan R. Laing. Barron...
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Barron's Recap: Europe Will Bounce Back
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 7:27am | 990Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for Europe, 15 cheap stocks in a pricey market, and the prospects for cyber security stocks, Interpublic Group, Global Cash Access Holdings and Hess. Cover Story "Europe's Economy Will Rebound" by Jonathan Buck. "Europe's economy has hit bottom, and...
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No 'Knee-Jerk Reactions' With Economic Strategy Says Customers Bank CEO Jay Sidhu
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 9:06am | 530Read More...Jay Sidhu, Customers Bank CEO and Chairman, drew points to why the economy isn't going to get better while addressing the Fed's strategies for tackling the growing situation. The Fed has eased the stress of a tough economy with lower interest rates, which translates into soon-to-be retirees...
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With Fannie and Freddie Profitable, Government Eyes Exit
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 3:17pm | 487Read More...The bailout and government ownership of Fannie Mae (OTC: FNMA)(OTCBB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC)(OTCBB: FMCC) has been tumultuous at best. The controversial bankruptcy and bailout of the two government-backed insurers, politically motivated to maintain diplomatic ties with allies including...
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Barron's Recap: The Bull Has Room to Run
Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 2:30pm | 848Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the record Dow and the prospects for actively managed ETFs, the buyout of Dell, and Western Union and Uni-Pixel. Cover Story "We Were Right!" by Gene Epstein. In this special report, Barron's "jubilantly joins the hoopla" over the Dow reaching...
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Barron's Recap (9/29/12): Time to Buy Goldman
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 6:55am | 936Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: why Goldman Sachs has held up better than its competitors, the prospects for Trinity Biotech, Steelcase and the Kraft Foods spinoff, and what it means to be a leader of philanthropic causes today. Cover Story "Built to Win" by Michael Santoli. In the...
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Spanky and The Housing Gang are Back At It!
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 3:01pm | 314Read More...Spanky and the Gang are at it again. Not content with previous shenanigians in manipulating and propping up homes prices, they're back at it again. Word is out that the Obama Administration, in conjunction with Freddie, Fannie, Treasury, Fed, FDIC, HUD and FHFA, is preparing programs to sell...
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Fannie and Freddie Fantasies
Monday, December 26, 2011 - 9:39pm | 4952Read More...An important but fundamentally flawed debate about Fannie and Freddie's role in the ongoing crisis has raged since the SEC sued the former senior managers of both entities for securities fraud. The Wall Street Journal and Peter Wallison (in the WSJ) have claimed that the suit vindicates their...
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President Obama's View of Fraud "From 40,000 Feet" (Without an Oxygen Mask)
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 8:07pm | 2056Read More...Sixty Minutes' December 11, 2011 interview of President Obama included the following gem: KROFT: One of the things that surprised me the most about this poll is that 42%, when asked who your policies favor the most, 42% said Wall Street. Only 35% said average Americans. My suspicion is some of...
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Henry Paulson Tipped Hedge Funds on Government Plans in 2008
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 4:59pm | 504Read More...According to a recent Bloomberg Markets Magazine article, in the summer of 2008, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson tipped off a group of powerful hedge fund managers about a possible scenario where the government would place ailing mortgage GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship...
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Postal Service, Food Stamps, and Fannie Mae: The End of The Common Family?
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 8:48am | 833Read More...With a constitutional business potentially in default, food stamps on the rise, and a government controlled mortgage company posting losses, could the image of the common family be in jeopardy? Rather an end to the common family, here is why the common family is only redistributing itself....
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Benzinga's Political Roundup (WMT)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:10pm | 114Read More...The Supreme Court looks like it's ready to block a sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) on behalf of up to 1.6 million women. House Republicans announced a series of bills yesterday that would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A group of federal agencies announced that...
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Is The World Coming To An End Tomorrow?
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 10:58am | 160Read More...Okay I know it's a bit of a sensationalist headline, but if this Bloomberg article is right, it might be raining cats & dogs next. The embattled GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may actually be profitable next year, despite the continued decline in housing. Graham Fisher & Co. Managing...
