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Freddie Mac (FRE) is in the Financial Services Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $43.1B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- ($3.0B)
- Market Cap
- Oct 14 2008
- $808.7M
Latest News and Analysis
August Pending Home Sales Jump 7.4 Percent: NAR
By Lynn AdlerNEW YORK (Reuters) - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes unexpectedly jumped in August to the highest in over a year, data from a real estate trade group showed on Wednesday.The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, rose 7.4 percent in August...
Former AIG Execs Draw Fire From U.S. Lawmakers
By Kim Dixon and Rachelle YounglaiWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - Lawmakers criticized American International Group Inc AIG on Tuesday for ignoring financial warnings and for lavish spending, including an executive retreat just days after getting an $85 billion (48.6 billion pound) rescue loan.Former top executives, who blamed the insurer's woes on...
Regulator Says Fannie, Freddie Might Sell Bad Assets
By John PoirierWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE may sell some bad assets to the Treasury Department but a decision has not yet been made, the regulator of the two mortgage finance companies said on Sunday."They are financial institutions that could sell assets," James Lockhart, director...
So the Perpetrators Are Now Our Saviors?
Markham Lee submits: It's no secret that I'm of the opinion that Congressional hearings are often a waste of time, that the politicians on the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committee are clueless, and that Congress is to blame for mismanaging the Mortgage GSEs. Lest you think that...
Interesting Times in the Agency Market
John Jansen submits: These are interesting times in the agency market . There is quite a bit of dialogue and conversation between portfolio managers and research people regarding the wide discrepancy between the spreads of the conservatory twins (FNMA FNM and Freddie Mac FRE) and Federal Home Loan debt.That...
How Much Are Fannie and Freddie to Blame?
Paul Kedrosky submits: Peter Wallison at AEI has out an attempted take-down of economist Paul Krugman ("Fannie, Freddie and You", 7/14/2008), and pretty much anyone else who thinks Freddie and Fannie's role in this crisis during the 2005-2007 period was irrelevant compared to private actors. It's provocative stuff, and...
Barclays Gets Most Fannie, Freddie, FHLB Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays Plc BARC, retained its spot as top underwriter in the $3 trillion federal agency debt markets in 2008 year-to-date from a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.The firm managed $69.1 billion in debt of issuers including Fannie Mae,...
Sovereign Bancorp Replaces CEO, Shares Surge
By Christian Plumb and Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Sovereign Bancorp Inc SOV, the largest remaining U.S. savings and loan, has hired Paul Perrault as chief executive, replacing Joseph Campanelli, who had held the job less than two years.The Philadelphia-based lender was also upgraded by two analysts, and its shares...
Fund Slump Forces Legg's Miller to Seek Safer Bets
By Muralikumar AnantharamanBOSTON (Reuters) - Facing his worst-ever slide due to catastrophic bets on financials, Legg Mason Inc LM fund manager Bill Miller is toning down his characteristic bold investment style in an attempt to recapture his past glory.Miller's comeback is crucial to the fortunes of Legg, the second-largest publicly...
Fannie, Freddie Get Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage finance giants that were taken over by the government this month, said on Monday they were subpoenaed for documents as part of a federal grand jury investigation into their accounting.The U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of...
Will The Bailout Create New Fannies and Freddies?
Donald Johnson submits: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 could turn into a massive bailout program for municipalities and counties that have seen their revenues “disrupted by the current market turmoil,” and it could create new Fannie Maes FNM and Freddie Macs FRE. And if passed as written...
3 Key Steps to Fix This Fiasco
Keith Fitz-Gerald submits: I was speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at a North Carolina investing conference recently when a sharply worded question soared over the group from a gentleman seated in the back row – and who was clearly agitated by my analysis of the whole bailout plan situation. ...
U.S. Bailout Pressure Mounts
By Jason SzepNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Pressure mounted on lawmakers Friday to agree on a $700 billion (380 billion pounds) financial rescue plan after talks at the White House broke down in acrimony and the biggest bank closure in U.S. history roiled global markets.President George W. Bush said that...
Fannie and Freddie: Finally a Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Frederic Ruffy submits: Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE shares saw extreme volatility and heavy call volume Thursday. Shares of Freddie traded between $1.30 to $2.95 before settling the day down 3 cents to $1.86. In the options market, 115,000 calls and 21,000 puts traded on Freddie Thursday....
WaMu is Largest U.S. Bank Failure
By Elinor Comlay and Jonathan StempelNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc WM was closed by the U.S. government in by far the largest failure of a U.S. bank, and its banking assets were sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM for $1.9 billion.The rescue marks a historic step to...
Fannie, Freddie Shares Jump as Shorts Book Profits
By Lynn Adler and Doris FrankelNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares jumped almost 50 percent on Thursday as Congress neared an agreement on a $700 billion bailout plan that would help the two mortgage finance companies, forcing some investors to reverse bets the stocks would fall.The...
Again ... It Wasn't Fannie and Freddie
Mark Thoma submits: There are two questions that are being confused in the debate over the source of the financial crisis: 1. What caused Fannie FNM and Freddie FRE to fail? 2. What caused the financial crisis? Answering the first question does not necessarily answer the second. Showing...
Bailout Plan Soothes Shareholders: Legg's Miller
By Muralikumar AnantharamanBALTIMORE (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs GS shows that shaken investors have been calmed by the $700 billion U.S. financial sector bailout plan and they are reopening their wallets to the industry, fund manager Bill Miller said.These shareholders had stopped investing fresh capital...
The Fannie and Freddie Apocalypse Trade
Paul Kedrosky submits: Let's say that last Tuesday you were looking for a safe port in the storm as markets imploded. Where would you most profitably have gone? Oil? Gold? Cash? Swiss Francs? How about Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE? As the following table shows,...
FBI Said to Probe Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG
By James ViciniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating Fannie Mae FNM, Freddie Mac FRE, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc LEHMQ and insurer American International Group Inc AIG, expanding its probe of potential corporate fraud, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.They said the probe of the four high-profile companies at the...
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- Incorporated: 1970
- CEO: Mr. David M. Moffett
- Employees: 5,281
Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned company. Co.'s participation in the secondary mortgage market includes providing its credit guarantee for residential mortgages originated by mortgage lenders and investing in mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities. Through its credit guarantee activities, Co. buys mortgage loans by issuing Mortgage Participation Certificates to third-party investors. Co. also rebuys mortgage-related securities that are issued by Co. or the Government National Mortgage Association as well as non-agency entities. Also, Co. guarantees multifamily mortgage loans that support housing revenue bonds issued by third parties and other third party mortgage loans.
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Board of Directors
Mr. John A. Koskinen
Non-Executive Chairman
Ms. Barbara T. Alexander
Mr. Robert R. Glauber
Mr. Nicolas P. Retsinas
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McLean, VA
703 903-3883
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