The day has come for Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM).  Freddie Mac has notified the New York Stock Exchange of its intent to delist its common stock from NYSE trading.  It is...
E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) posted its loss after the close.  The company posted a -$0.19 non-GAAP EPS loss while First Call had estimates at -$0.14 EPS.  The company set aside some...
Lehman (NYSE: LEH) hit by concerns about huge Q1 write-offs. Falls to $42.77 from 52-week high of $82.05. Citigroup (NYSE: C) sells off because bank may have to raise more money. Down to $19.74 from...
After trading at $4.40 last Friday, Fannie Mae (FNM) moved up to $6.45 yesterday. The markets had come to realize that the mortgage company might be able to raise enough money in the capital markets...
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has just filed with the SEC information about its perceived total exposure to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities in an effort to fend off any over-exposure concerns.  As...
We won’t rehash the credit malaise that has punished shares of Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM).  You’ve already seen it, heard it, felt it, and maybe lost money over...
The evidence is thin, but at least it is available. Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) could raise money on their own and without a government bail-out which would wipe out common stockholders...
The housing and subprime mortgage market claimed another victim today as Fannie Mae (FNM) reported a dismal quarter, cut its dividend and said it would raise $6 billion. Fannie Mae says it lost $2.2...
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are about to get less strict capital rules and that should put $200 billion into the mortgage market. According to Reuters "Under the agreed-to plan, the...
Updated throughout the day.GMAC will get $3.5 billion in government support  (various)Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) common stock may be worthless (TheStreet)Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)...
Because this is a Friday ahead of a 3-day weekend and because this is Labor Day, the “volume spikes” and the relative trading will be more muted than most trading days.  We have the five...
These are this Friday’s top day trader and active stock alerts.  We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: SIRIUS XM Radio Inc....
Rules are made to be broken, or, at least altered when necessary. Shares in Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) hit multi-year lows yesterday, falling, at one point, almost 20%. The drop was based...
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) may be the one single bright spot taking the market higher this Friday when you consider the 10.2% unemployment rate and when you look over the latest round of...
Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) are two companies with an unlikely tie to the BP plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf.  But after a $20 billion fund promise yesterday...