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• Can Gold Be Suppressed Indefinitely?

  James West submits: Recently a subscriber wrote to me and inquired, “if gold has been subject to manipulation by the dark forces at the top of the economic pecking order, then why couldn’t they continue to do so ad infinitum?” Arriving at an answer to that has taken me...

  External links 2008-09-11

  Tags: US Market, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust

• Two Strategic Investments to Benefit from the Bailout

  Martin Hutchinson submits: Between the U.S. Treasury Department’s weekend bailout of Government Sponsored Enterprises GSEs Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE – and Monday’s bullish market reaction – you’d think the $5.4 trillion deal had no downside risk at all. Regrettably –...

  External links 2008-09-10

  Tags: US Market, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust

• Six Situations to Monitor for the Remainder of 2008

  Michael J. Kosares submits: "The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark will catalyze a Crisis mood. Remnants of the old social order will disintegrate. Political and economic trust will implode. Real hardship...

  External links 2008-09-09

  Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, China, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust

• Tuesday, September 2: Week in Review

  Jonathan Cavuoto submits: One of the more enlightening facts we share with you this week stems from our recognition that the stock markets last week continued to pummel investors with “death by 1,000 cuts’…slow torture. In fact, upon closer analysis, it has been this way most of the year. Fact:...

  External links 2008-09-02

  Tags: US Market, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust, Goldman Sachs & Co.

• Monday, August 25: Week in Review

  Jonathan Cavuoto submits: Stocks turned in a repeat, ho-hum performance last week; the Dow, up two days to gain 310 points and down three days to give all but 30 points back, closed at 11628. The S&P 500 wasn’t much different, nor the NASDAQ Composite. In fact, the stock market’s...

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  Tags: US Market, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust, CurrencyShares Euro Trust, Streettracks Gold Trust, IShares Silver Trust

• Freddie's Loss is Gold's Gain

  John Lee submits: Sometimes people are so caught up in short-term action that we don't look at the long-term picture. by John Lee

  External links 2008-08-24

  Tags: Gold & Precious Metals, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust

• What the Fed's Latest Decision Means for Investors

  Marc Courtenay submits: The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee held a key interest rate steady on Tuesday in an effort to supposedly nurse the economy back to health. This is apparently to be done without further exacerbating inflation. The decision by the U.S. central bank leaves the benchmark...

  External links 2008-08-06

  Tags: US Market, Gold, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust, Hecla Mining Co., IShares Silver Trust

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• Mortgage rates dip for 4th straight week

  WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages sank for a fourth straight week, falling below 6 percent for the first time since early October, and are heading lower due to the government's massive new effort to aid the U.S. housing market. Further drops are likely, analysts said, reflecting...

  Articles 2008-11-27

• Mortgage rates drop on news of fed plan

  U.S. mortgage rates fell more than three-quarters of a percentage point Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it will buy as much as $600 billion of debt. The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage ended the day at about 5.5 percent after falling to as...

  Articles 2008-11-26

• Letters to the editor

  Change to what? Barack Obama ran on a slogan of "Change." Well, he starts with appointing as chief of staff Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the most partisan Democrat in the Congress. Now, according The New York Times, Obama is appointing "dozens of former lobbyists" to...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Fannie Mae Redemption

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount indicated for the following securities issue on the redemption date indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption: ...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Former Fannie Mae Compliance Lead to Speak at Banking Litigation Conference in January

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Mealey's Litigation Conferences is pleased to announce that former Fannie Mae compliance lead Megan Kraai has agreed to join the faculty of the Mealey's conference -- The FDIC & the Banking Crisis: Litigation Challenges Past, Present & Future. This fully accredited program...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Independents' Day On Wall Street

  This year's collapse of several major financial institutions--A.I.G., Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia, and Washington Mutual--has earned September 2008 comparisons to October 1929. "Last month's U.S. government bailout seems to be just the beginning of a major paradigm shift on Wall Street,...

  Articles 2008-11-24

• Kenneth R. Harney: Programs in place for modification of troubled

  WASHINGTON You may have seen headlines about the latest public and private efforts to help financially distressed homeowners cope with their mortgage payments. But you might not have caught key details that could have personal impact on you or people you know -- now or in the...

  Articles 2008-11-23

• Fannie Mae Holds 21st Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, November 22, thousands of people from the D.C. metropolitan area came together on the National Mall for the 21st annual Help the Homeless Walkathon. The Help the Homeless Program provides assistance to 165 organizations that work to prevent and end homelessness. ...

  Articles 2008-11-22

• Fannie Mae Redemption

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption: ...

  Articles 2008-11-21

• Freddie Mac Suspends All Foreclosure Sales of Occupied Homes From Day Before Thanksgiving Until January 9, 2009

  MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac today announced it has ordered its national network of mortgage servicers and foreclosure attorneys to suspend all foreclosure sales and evictions involving occupied single family and 2-4 unit properties with Freddie Mac-owned mortgages between November 26, 2008 and January 9,...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Fannie Mae to Suspend Foreclosures Until January 2009 While Streamlined Modification Program is Implemented

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In order to support the streamlined modification program announced on November 11, 2008, Fannie Mae today issued a notice to its loan servicing organizations and retained foreclosure attorneys directing them to suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties as well as the completion...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Chrisan Herrod, Former Securities & Exchange Commission CSO, Joins RiskWatch as Executive Vice President

  ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrisan Herrod, former Chief Security Officer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined RiskWatch as Executive Vice President. During her tenure at the SEC, she was responsible for implementing both corporate security, information security and IT business continuity programs. At RiskWatch,...

  Articles 2008-11-20

• Grandbridge provides $350 million Fannie Mae credit facility for seniors housing complex

  ATLANTA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC today said it has arranged, closed and sold to Fannie Mae a credit facility worth up to $350 million for one of the largest real estate investment trusts in North America. Grandbridge is a subsidiary of BB&T Corporation principal...

  Articles 2008-11-20