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		<title>(FMCC) U.S. Banks Stock Outlook &#8211; Aug. 2011 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/11/fmcc-u-s-banks-stock-outlook-aug-2011-industry-outlook/81191</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/11/fmcc-u-s-banks-stock-outlook-aug-2011-industry-outlook/81191#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ABCB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ameris Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BancorpSouth Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bridge Capital Holdings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capital City Bank Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascade Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CenterState Banks Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Community Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemical Financial Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CoBiz Financial Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Virginia Bankshares Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Encore Bancshares Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FBP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tompkins Financial Corporation.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TriCo Bancshares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Us Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever be the impending economic state, U.S. banks &#8212; the lifeblood of the economy &#8212; are actively responding to every legal and regulatory pressure. In fact, this prompt responsiveness has positioned the banks well to encounter upcoming challenges. Along with improving results in recent quarters, a major recovery in the asset markets, improving balance sheets and declining credit costs promise growth for the U.S. banking sector. Yet the outlook for the industry remains in question due to several negatives, including asset-quality troubles, weak revenue growth, steeper costs, continuation of both residential and commercial real estate loan defaults, weak loan demand, and the impact of tighter regulations and policy changes. Though near-term performance of the banking industry is expected to face several uncertainties, entering the revised capital regime will improve the ]]></description>
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		<title>(MFA) MFA Financial Hikes Dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/06/mfa-mfa-financial-hikes-dividend/78442</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/06/mfa-mfa-financial-hikes-dividend/78442#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capstead Mortgage Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFA Financial Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rambus Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) a real estate investment trust (REIT), recently hiked its quarterly cash dividend by $0.235 to $0.25 per share.This reflects a 6.4% increase from the company’s prior dividend payout. The increased dividend will be paid on July 29, 2011, to stockholders of record as of June 14, 2011.This increase in quarterly dividend takes the annual dividend yield, as of July 5, 2011, to 12.2%. At the end of first quarter 2011, MFA Financial cash balance stood at $629.4 million.  We believe the company has enough cash and cash equivalents to provide optimum shareholder value. During the first quarter of 2011, MFA Financial generated net income of $80.8 million, or 27 cents per share compared with $80.6 million or 29 cents per share. MFA Financial primarily invests in ]]></description>
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		<title>(NYMT) New York Mortgage Trust Issues Public Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/nymt-new-york-mortgage-trust-issues-public-offering/77706</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/nymt-new-york-mortgage-trust-issues-public-offering/77706#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFA Financial Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Mortgage Trust Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rambus Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYMT) recently announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 2 million shares. To provide cover for over allotments, New York Mortgage also plans to offer an option to the underwriters of purchasing an additional 300,000 shares. New York Mortgage expects to utilize the proceeds generated from the transaction to buy its targeted assets, including commercial mortgage loans and commercial mortgage-backed securities and Agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The company also intends to utilize the proceeds for working capital purposes. This public offering will enable the company to attain financial flexibility and is expected to position it to seize investment opportunities and acquisitions, which in turn will drive top-line growth. As of March 31, 2011, New York Mortgage’s cash position stood at $8.4 million. ]]></description>
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		<title>(HF) HFF Secures Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/hf-hff-secures-funding/77126</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/hf-hff-secures-funding/77126#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HFF Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HFF Inc. (HF) has secured $134.76 million in financing for a 13-property mixed-use portfolio spanning 2.8 million square feet throughout the United States. The portfolio is 90.0% leased and includes industrial, office, multi-housing and retail properties located in eight states. The loan is collateralized by all 13 properties and is categorized into three, five-seven, and ten-year terms. HFF has also obtained financing for a nine building class A office and retail complex named Cityview Plaza, spanning 602,972 square feet located in downtown San Jose, California. HFF is one of the successful commercial real estate capital intermediaries in the country with local real estate expertise to complete any real estate transaction. In first quarter 2011, HFF reported a net income of 11 cents per share compared with a net loss of ]]></description>
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		<title>(IVR) Invesco Mortgage Capital Announced Stock Offering</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/ivr-invesco-mortgage-capital-announced-stock-offering/76963</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/ivr-invesco-mortgage-capital-announced-stock-offering/76963#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invesco Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invesco Mortgage Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IVR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IVZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty All Star Equity Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (IVR) announced its plan to offer 15 million shares of its common stock. Underwriters will be permitted a 30-day option to purchase up to an added 2.25 million shares to cover over-allotments. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse (CS) and Morgan Stanley &#38; Co. LLC, a division of Morgan Stanley (MS) are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Earlier in March 2011, Invesco completed the public offering of 19 million shares of common stock coupled with the issuance of an additional 2.85 million shares of common stock as the underwriters&#8217; fully exercise their option to purchase extra shares. Therefore, the total offering of 21.85 million shares was priced at around $460.2 million, excluding the probable offering expenses. Invesco also ]]></description>
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		<title>(ANH) Company News for May 06, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/06/anh-company-news-for-may-06-2011-corporate-summary/73499</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/06/anh-company-news-for-may-06-2011-corporate-summary/73499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Education Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CECO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Con-Way Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ev Energy Partners Lp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EVEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBNC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kendle International Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KNDL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micron Technology Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warner Music Group Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[•    Career Education Corp.’s (NASDAQ:CECO) shares gained 7.43% after the for-profit educator reported a first-quarter profit topping estimates on Wednesday •    Trucking company Con-way Inc.’s (NYSE:CNW) shares rose 5.16% to close at $39.54 after the company reported first-quarter profits beating the Street’s expectations •    INC Research LLC said it would buy clinical research group Kendle International Inc. (NASDAQ:KNDL) for $232 million, or $15.25 a share •    Shares of Warner Music Group Corp.’s (NYSE:WMG) rallied 6.47% after a report on late Wednesday from The Wall Street Journal said industrial magnate Len Blavatnik of Access Industries Inc. was the leading bidder for the recorded-music company •    Analysts at RBC Capital initiated coverage on Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. (NYSE:ANH) with an “Outperform” rating and with a price target of $8.00 on the stock ]]></description>
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		<title>(FMCC) U.S. Banks Stock Update &#8211; January 2011 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/31/fmcc-u-s-banks-stock-update-january-2011-industry-outlook/65147</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BancFirst Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of the Ozarks Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cascade Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Commonwealth Financial Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Metro Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PrInceton National Bancorp Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southside Bancshares Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valley National Bancorp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wilmington Trust Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although a major recovery in the asset markets has been witnessed in recent quarters, the outlook for the U.S. banking industry remains in question due to several negatives, including asset-quality troubles, the continuation of both residential and commercial real estate loan defaults and the impact of tighter regulations and policy changes. After enduring extraordinary shocks in 2008, U.S. banks entered an exceptional state of turmoil in 2009. Starting as a credit issue in the subprime segment of the mortgage market, the situation affected the entire financial services industry, in all corners of the globe. In other words, the financial crisis ultimately morphed into a massive economic crisis, which has had major ramifications across the entire world. Although the U.S. banking industry is still grappling with weak revenue, diminishing loan demand ]]></description>
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		<title>(FMCC) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Reports Losses in Billions</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/29/fmcc-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-reports-losses-in-billions/49540</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FMCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report published by Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) on Thursday, government-backed mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) lost $226 billion in capital in the last three years. As these two mortgage finance companies have absorbed $148 billion in taxpayers’ money since their takeover two years ago to keep themselves afloat, the immense capital losses have drawn the attention of critics, pressuring Democrats to find a way to address the housing crisis. According to the FHFA report, the majority of the losses (about $166 billion) were a result of guaranteeing mortgage loans on single-family homes. Also, there was an additional loss of $21 billion on the mortgage finance giants’ investment portfolios. In addition to these losses, Fannie and Freddie have paid $13 million in ]]></description>
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		<title>(FMCC) Four Banks May Face $42 Billion Mortgage Repurchase Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/19/fmcc-four-banks-may-face-42-billion-mortgage-repurchase-loss/48565</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The four largest U.S. banks may incur losses of up to $42 billion if housing finance giants Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) force them to repurchase faulty mortgages, Fitch Ratings stated on Wednesday. The four banks are JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. (JPM), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Wells Fargo &#38; Co. (WFC). According to the rating agency, if these banks repurchase 25% of the mortgage giants&#8217; troubled loans, the expected loss would be $17 billion. However, if the government-sponsored entities (GSEs) compel them to repurchase half of their faulty loans, the loss could extend to $42 billion. Fitch also said that if the scenario becomes extremely worse, the faulty loan amount for these four banks could total $175 billion to $180 billion. As of June ]]></description>
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		<title>(FMCC) Freddie Mac Loss Narrows</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/10/freddie-mac-loss-narrows/47458</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/10/freddie-mac-loss-narrows/47458#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac’s (FMCC) second quarter 2010 net loss came in at $1.85 per share, substantially lower than the prior quarter loss of $2.45. However, this compares unfavorably with a net loss of 26 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. With some early signs of stabilization in the housing market, Freddie Mac expects low mortgage rates, relatively high affordability and homebuyer tax credit, all of which will help fuel a recovery in the upcoming quarters. Though provision for credit losses showed some improvement over the prior quarter, it remained at an elevated level as the credit market continued to deteriorate. In June, Freddie Mac announced that it will no longer be allowed to trade its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, having failed to maintain listing standards with lower-than-minimum ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Case Schiller Home Price Index Shows U.S. Home Prices Rose in May</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/27/fnm-case-schiller-home-price-index-shows-u-s-home-prices-rose-in-may/45004</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Case Schiller Home Price Indexes were generally higher in May. On a seasonally adjusted basis (and there is significant seasonality to home prices, so looking at the unadjusted numbers the way that most of the media does is a serious mistake) both the Composite 20 (C20) and Composite 10 (C10) indexes rose by 0.47% for the month. On a year-over-year basis, the C-20 is up 4.63% and the C10 is up 5.44%. The C10 is a subset of the C20, but has a longer history. The first graph below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) shows the history of the composite indexes. These are repeat sales indexes, tracking the prices of individual houses as they are resold. As such, they are a much more accurate measure than things like the median price of an ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) U.S. Housing Prices Mixed in March</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/25/fnm-u-s-housing-prices-mixed-in-march/38388</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Case Schiller indexes showed that housing prices were mixed in March on a seasonally adjusted basis. Since there is a distinct seasonality to housing prices (they tend to go up in the spring and down in the winter), those are the numbers that should be focused on. Many of the press reports you will see will be based on the non-seasonally adjusted numbers. In March, the Composite 20 (C-20) index was down 0.05% from February, while a subset with a longer history, the Composite 10 (C-10) index posted a gain of 0.16%. Nine cities posted month-to-month gains while 11 saw declines on the month. Biggest Gainers Some of the biggest month-to-month gains were from California, where San Francisco led the pack with a gain of 1.49%, and San Diego ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) U.S. Employment Numbers Seem to Be Stalling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/20/fnm-u-s-employment-numbers-seem-to-be-stalling/37861</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 05:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance, or &#8220;initial jobless claims,&#8221; rose by 25,000 last week to 471,000, well by 27,000 if you count the fact that last week’s claims were revised up by 2,000. That caused the four-week moving average, which is considered to be a better measure given the week-to-week volatility in the numbers, to rise by 3,000 to 450,500. As the graph below shows, initial jobless claims fell sharply in the last three quarters of 2009 after reaching near record levels. However, since the start of 2010, the trend in initial jobless claims has been very erratic, and we seem to be stalled at around the current 450,000 on the four-week average. This pattern is beginning to resemble what happened in the last two recessions &#8212; a big initial ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Federal Reserve Stays On Hold With Interest Rates &#8211; In-Depth</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/18/fnm-federal-reserve-stays-on-hold-with-interest-rates-in-depth/30881</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds rate unchanged at its meeting today. Below, we present statements from the current meeting along with statements from the late January meeting, with my commentary and interpretation (translation?) interspersed on a paragraph by paragraph basis. &#8220;Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has continued to strengthen and that the labor market is stabilizing. Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. &#8220;Business spending on equipment and software has risen significantly. However, investment in nonresidential structures is declining, housing starts have been flat at a depressed level, and employers remain reluctant to add to payrolls. &#8220;While bank lending continues ]]></description>
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		<title>($FRE) Freddie Mac&#8217;s Net Loss Widens</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/25/fre-freddie-macs-net-loss-widens/29021</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac’s (FRE) fourth quarter net loss came in at $2.39 per share, substantially higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 80 cents. This also compares unfavorably with a net loss of $2.06 in the prior quarter. Results for the quarter exclude the preferred dividend of $1.3 million paid to the U.S. Treasury on the senior preferred stock. With some early signs of stabilization in the housing market, Freddie Mac expects low mortgage rates, relatively high affordability and the homebuyer tax credit to help fuel the recovery in the upcoming quarters. Though provision for credit losses showed some improvement over the prior quarter, it remained at an elevated level as the credit market continued to deteriorate. For full year 2009, net loss narrowed to $25.7 billion or ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Number of Homeowners Underwater Continues to Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/24/fnm-number-of-homeowners-underwater-continues-to-rise/28887</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First American Core logic just released its report on the number of homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. The storm waters continue to rise. In all, more than 11.3 million, or 24 percent, of all residential properties with mortgages, were underwater at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, up from 10.7 million or 23 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2009. An additional 2.3 million mortgages were approaching negative equity at the end of last year, meaning they had less than five percent equity. Thus even though the Case Schiller indexes have been showing a slight rise in housing prices during the fourth quarter, an additional 600,000 homeowners slipped below the waves during the quarter. Here are the highlights of the report: “Negative equity ]]></description>
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		<title>($FNM) Housing Prices Show Small Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/23/fnm-housing-prices-show-small-rise/28802</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Case-Schiller housing price indexes were released this morning, and both the Composite 10 (C-10) and the Composite 20 (C-20) showed monthly increases of 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis. Since there is a fair amount of seasonality in housing prices, the seasonally adjusted numbers are the ones to look at. On a year-over-year basis, the C-10 is down 2.4% and the C-20 is down 3.1%. From the peak, the C-10 is down 30.3% and the C-20 is off by 29.4%. The consensus expectation was that the C-20 would show a year-over-year decline of 3.1% in December, so the results were in line with expectations. The year-over-year decline in November was 5.3%. The first chart (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) shows the history of the year-over-year changes for both composites. The indexes first ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Exit Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/12/fnm-fed-chairman-ben-bernanke-on-exit-strategy/27752</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill this morning, but because the Capitol was frozen (by the weather, not just by filibusters) the hearing was cancelled. However, he did release his prepared testimony. In general, in his remarks about monetary policy, Bernanke addressed the &#8220;how&#8221; of draining the huge amount of liquidity added to the system over the last 18 months or so, but he did not address the &#8220;when.&#8221; The &#8220;when&#8221; really is the most important question. To my mind, the &#8220;when&#8221; should be a long time from now. The key problem facing this economy is not inflation, it is very low rates of resource utilization. To tighten monetary policy when the unemployment rate is at 9.7% and U.S. factories are only operating at 68.8% ]]></description>
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		<title>($FRE) Mortgage Delinquencies Still Rising</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/29/fre-mortgage-delinquencies-still-rising/26387</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (FRE) reported that the serious single family delinquency rate for mortgages in its portfolio rose to 3.87% in December from 3.72% in November, an increase of 15 basis points. Serious delinquencies are mortgages where the homeowner is more than 90 days behind on their payments, but have not yet been foreclosed on. The serious delinquency rate rose in every month of 2009 (and every month in 2008, for that matter). A year ago the rate stood at 1.72%, at its low point in the first half of 2007, it was well below 50 basis points, so we have seen a nine-fold increase off the bottom and more than a doubling in the serious delinquency rate over the last year. Any Silver Lining? If there is any good news ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Initial Jobless Claims Greater Than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/28/fnm-initial-jobless-claims-greater-than-expected/26309</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got mixed news in the Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance report. This week, initial jobless claims fell by 8,000 to 470,000, and last week’s figure was revised down to 478,000 from 482,000. However, the level was well above the consensus expectation of 450,000. The decline and the revision to the prior week were not enough to keep the four-week moving average from rising. It increased by 9,500 to 456,250. Given the weekly noise in the numbers, the four-week moving average is generally considered a more reliable indicator. This is the second week in a row that the four-week average has risen. As the graph (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) below shows, the four-week average has been in a steep descent since it peaked in mid-April, and until this point has not shown ]]></description>
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		<title>($FNM) Federal Reserve Paid $46.1Billion to Treasury in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/13/fnm-federal-reserve-paid-46-1billion-to-treasury-in-2009/24843</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve paid a record $46.1 billion in profits for 2009 to the U.S. Treasury as the central bank earned a record net income of $52.1 billion, up 46.8% year-over-year by exposing taxpayer money to risk in an effort to stabilize the financial system last year. The payment represents an increase of $14.4 billion from the Treasury’s contribution in 2008 and is the largest since the U.S. central bank was launched in 1914. The increase was largely due to higher earnings on securities that the Fed had purchased as part of its intensive intervention in the financial system last year. Previously, the largest payment to the Treasury was $34.6 billion in 2007. According to the Fed, much of its income came from the open-market purchase of U.S. Treasury debt, ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Housing and Rental Data</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/08/fnm-housing-and-rental-data/24454</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the government efforts to help the housing market, such as the Fed buying up fully one quarter of all the mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE) and Ginnie Mae, as well as the “first time&#8221; homebuyer tax credit, are designed to move people from being renters to being owners. But while there are some ancillary benefits to neighborhoods of most people owning rather than renting, it really does not solve the problem. What it does is cause there to be a lot of vacant apartments. In addition, a large number of formerly foreclosed-upon houses have been bought up by cash investors who plan on renting out those houses rather than living in them themselves. The net result is that there is a glut of ]]></description>
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		<title>(IVR) Invesco Mortgage Capital Will Offer 7 Million Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/07/ivr-invesco-mortgage-capital-will-offer-7-million-shares/24407</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (IVR) said on Wednesday that it intends to commence a public offering of 7 million shares of its common stock. Invesco Mortgage will grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1.05 million additional shares to cover over-allotments. The company intends to use the proceeds from the offering for additional acquisitions of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans and other general corporate purposes. Invesco Mortgage is externally managed and advised by Invesco Advisers Inc., a division of Invesco Ltd. (IVZ). Credit Suisse Securities USA, LLC, a division of Credit Suisse Group (CS) and Morgan Stanley &#38; Co. Incorporated, a division of Morgan Stanley (MS), are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Invesco Ltd.’s third quarter earnings came in at 24 ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Pay Czar Says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Are Being Discriminated Against</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/31/fnm-pay-czar-says-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-are-being-discriminated-against/24002</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg said on Wednesday that mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are being discriminated, with respect to pay restrictions, from other companies receiving significant financial support from the government as they countenance a unique set of problems. The pay czar, who decides compensation-packages for the highest-paid employees at all the firms that received bailout money and have not repaid yet, considers the situation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unique as the future of these companies is uncertain. After slashing 50% pay of the top 25 earners in October at seven firms that have received substantial support from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), earlier this month, the pay czar announced a new set of pay restrictions on top executives at four ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae &amp; Freddie Mac Find Support</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/28/fnm-mortgage-giants-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-find-support/23699</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury announced late last week that it would offer significant new financial support to the stressed mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), notwithstanding their performances for the next 3 years. This move by the Fed follows the recent repayment of bailout money by the nation’s biggest financial institutions. To keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac afloat, the Treasury has removed the $200 billion caps on the capital availability of both companies. Already, taxpayers have provided $111 billion to them. According to the Treasury, losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not expected to exceed the government&#8217;s estimate of $170 billion over 10 years. Uncapped access to bailout funds through 2012 is necessary to protect the strength and stability of the U.S. mortgage market, the ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Rethinking Foreclosure: Is There a More Sensible Way?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/22/fnm-rethinking-foreclosure-is-there-a-more-sensible-way/23468</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Robert Williams, Publisher Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Fannie Mae (FNM), which facilitates the lending of almost one in four U.S. residential mortgages, says the recent 11% jump in home sales is proof-positive that the three-year housing slump may end in 2010. The reality is that we have a ton of excess inventory to burn off before any meaningful recovery can commence. But here’s a good start… Rather than further embrace the loser’s game of foreclosure, banks are increasingly entering into short sales, where they accept a sale for less than the balance owed on a property… “It’s finally dawning on the banks that they’re better off with a short sale,” said Richard Green, director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. (Foreclosed homes ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Freddie Mac Suspends Evictions</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/18/fre-freddie-mac-suspends-evictions/23209</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (FRE) said on Thursday that it has ordered the suspension of all evictions involving occupied single family and 2-4 unit properties that have been foreclosed and had Freddie Mac-owned mortgages for about two weeks during the holiday season. The period of suspension will be from Dec 19, 2009 to Jan 3, 2010. Freddie did not estimate how many homeowners would get this grace period. Concurrently, another mortgage finance company Fannie Mae (FNM) is also suspending foreclosures and evictions for about two weeks. Earlier on the same day, Citigroup Inc. (C) also announced a 30-day suspension of foreclosures and evictions, affecting about 4,000 borrowers. Freddie Mac’s third quarter net loss came in at $1.94 per share, compared to a net loss of 11 cents in the prior quarter and ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) No Rate Change at the Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/16/fnm-no-rate-change-at-the-federal-reserve/23021</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fed just wrapped up its last FOMC meeting of the year, and as expected it did not change the fed funds rate. The policy statement was substantially the same as the one they released after the last meeting in early November. While the Fed Funds rate is not going up anytime soon, the Fed looks like it is ending the loosening programs that went above and beyond a 0% short-term interest rate. My reaction and translation follows each matched paragraph. Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. The housing sector has shown some signs of improvement over recent months. Household spending appears to be expanding at ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Third Quarter GDP Growth Revised to 2.8%</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/25/fnm-third-quarter-gdp-growth-revised-to-2-8/21236</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a revision to the post I put up when the first cut at the GDP report came out on 10/30.  In it the new numbers are in bold and the original estimates are put in parentheses, thus a number in parentheses does not mean that it has a negative value (those will have a minus sign in front of them, numbers relating to the first or second quarters are left unchanged.  New text will be in italics. This should give the reader a clear sense of not only how strong GDP and its components, but also how the latest numbers match up. The recession is over! In the third quarter GDP grew by 2.8% (3.5%), slightly below (comfortably ahead) of expectations for 2.9% (3.0%) growth. This is a ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Existing Home Sales Soar Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/23/fnm-existing-home-sales-soar-again/21136</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, existing home sales rose by 10.1% and are now 23.5% above the year-ago rate. Sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.10 million, up from 5.54% in September and a 4.94 million pace a year ago. Existing single family home sales rose by 9.7% to a 5.33 million pace, while condo sales soared by 13.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 770,000. Sales have been greatly aided by the &#8220;first time&#8221; homebuyer tax credit, which while eventually extended and expanded, for most of the month looked like was about to expire. Thus, in October people were scrambling to try to get in under the wire. This is the fifth straight month that existing home sales have exceeded year-ago levels. Even more impressive is the fact ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Freddie Mac Gets Boost From Government Program</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/10/fre-freddie-mac-gets-boost-from-government-program/20187</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac’s (FRE) third quarter net loss (available to common shareholders) came in at $1.94 per share, compared to a net loss of 11 cents in the prior quarter and $19.44 in the prior-year quarter. Results for the quarter exclude the preferred dividend of $1.3 million paid to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the senior preferred stock. Though the results improved significantly over the prior-year quarter, the company expects its provision for credit losses to remain high during the fourth quarter of 2009. The company is mainly focused on initiatives that support the Making Home Affordable Program (MHA Program) announced by the Obama Administration in February 2009. As a leading player, Freddie Mac continued to support the housing market during the third quarter of 2009, enabling more than ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) The Fed Stays on Easy Street</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/04/fnm-the-fed-stays-on-easy-street/19690</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve decided to keep the Federal Funds rate unchanged at the meeting it concluded today, as expected. Below is the current Fed Statement along with the one from their September meeting in paragraph-by-paragraph format, with my translation and commentary interspersed. As the graph below shows, the market is expecting the Fed to remain on hold, with Fed Funds between 0 and 25 basis points for an extended period. The graph shows the expected outcomes for the January meeting (before today’s announcement) from the Cleveland Fed. The market set the odds of anything other than standing pat at either today’s meeting or the December meeting effectively at zero. Reading off the chart, it looks like about a 95% probability of no action in January as well. I doubt we ]]></description>
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		<title>(NLY) As the Dow Cracks 10,000 &#8211; What’s Next for the Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/nly-as-the-dow-cracks-10000-what%e2%80%99s-next-for-the-market/18128</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Mark Skousen, Contributing Editor Monday, October 19, 2009: Issue #1118 Last week, my “crazy prediction” came true. In the March issue of my newsletter, Forecasts &#38; Strategies, I published a chart, which illustrated the maximum pessimism in the stock market. The difference was, though, that while most other people were running away from the market, I stated that stocks were a “screaming buy.” And in an interview with Jeremy Siegel in May, I followed that up by offering three reasons why the Dow Jones Industrial Index was headed for 10,000. Specifically, they were… The Fed’s “zero” interest rate policy and an expanding money supply (still in place). Obama’s stimulus package favored bailing out bad mortgages and assets in the economy through massive deficit spending. I said: “Essentially, the ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Freddie Mac Marks Rising Mortgage Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/28/fre-freddie-mac-marks-rising-mortgage-rates/13811</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (FRE) announced Thursday that U.S. mortgage rates for 30-year fixed home loans rose 0.02 basis points this week, as the year’s record low borrowing costs produced the biggest jump in new home purchases in four years. The average 30-year rate increased to 5.14% from 5.12% in the previous week. The mortgage rate was significantly higher than the record low of 4.78% set at the week ending April 2. Long-term mortgage rates remained flat this week, near historical lows, which is helping sustain a high level of affordability in the home-purchase market. Climbing mortgage rates may threaten a gain in home sales spurred by falling home prices, a government tax credit for first-time buyers, and a Federal Reserve program designed to lower borrowing costs. New home sales jumped more ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Freddie Mac&#8217;s Mortgage Volume Metrics for July</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/26/fre-freddie-macs-mortgage-volume-metrics-for-july/13491</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac (FRE) reported its monthly volume metrics for July 2009. Highlights for the month are as follows: The total mortgage portfolio decreased at an annualized rate of 3.3% in July to $2.2 billion. Refinance-loan purchase volume was $34.1 billion in July, down 33.0% from $50.9 billion in June. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of mortgage-related investments portfolio decreased to $799.1 billion at July 31, 2009 from $829.8 billion at June 30, 2009. The net amount of mortgage-related investments portfolio mortgage purchase (sale) agreements entered into during the month of July totaled $11.0 billion, up 11.1% from the $9.9 billion during the month of June. Total guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities issued decreased at an annualized rate of 2.1% in July. The measure of FRE’s exposure to changes in portfolio ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Taylor Bean &amp; Whitaker Mortgage Files for Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/25/fre-taylor-bean-whitaker-mortgage-files-for-bankruptcy/13343</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Taylor, Bean &#38; Whitaker Mortgage Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after it was forced to shutter its mortgage lending operations earlier this month. The Ocala, Florida-based company had captured 1.7% market share nationwide by creating $17 billion of mortgage loans from January to June, 2009. On that basis, it was the 12th largest mortgage lender in the U.S. Taylor was also one of the largest U.S. home loan providers not owned by a large bank. As a result, there was lack of significant amount of deposits that could help cushion its capital position in the troubled market environment. The company filed for bankruptcy due to recent actions taken against it by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and mortgage financiers Freddie Mac (FRE) and the Government ]]></description>
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		<title>($FNM) Notes on Fed Statement &#8211; economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/12/fnm-notes-on-fed-statement-economic-activity-is-likely-to-remain-weak-for-a-time/12440</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve released the following statement after its meeting today. It is presented along with the previous statement, and my interpretation of the differences on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. &#8220;Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity is leveling out. Conditions in financial markets have improved further in recent weeks. &#8220;Household spending has continued to show signs of stabilizing but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, sluggish income growth, lower housing wealth and tight credit. Businesses are still cutting back on fixed investment and staffing, but are making progress in bringing inventory stocks into better alignment with sales. &#8220;Although economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time, the Committee continues to anticipate that policy actions to stabilize financial markets and institutions, ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) U.S. Banks &#8211; Zacks Analyst Interviews</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/06/16/fre-us-banks-zacks-analyst-interviews/8350</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst of the credit crisis is now probably behind us, but the banking system is not yet out of the woods, as there are still many significant challenges ahead. Ten of the nation&#8217;s largest banks have received the Treasury approval for TARP repayment, as they are now able to tap the debt markets without FDIC&#8217;s support and also access the equity markets as the investor confidence returns in the stronger banks. While the bigger banks have benefited a lot from the various programs launched by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, and are now in a much better shape, many smaller banks are still in a very weak financial state, and the FDIC&#8217;s list of problem banks continues to grow. Further, government efforts have not succeeded in ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) After the Madoff-Ponzi, The Lesson’s Clear</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/12/26/fnm-after-the-madoff-ponzi-the-lesson%e2%80%99s-clear/1797</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Madoff-Ponzi, The Lesson’s Clear Everyone’s scrambling… House subcommittee chairman Paul Kanjo wants to launch a government investigation. Outgoing SEC Chairman Chris Cox is “gravely concerned by the apparent multiple failures” of the SEC. He too, wants to get to the bottom of this. And of course, House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, whose regulatory urgings did a masterful job ensuring Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) didn’t fail, wants to introduce even more legislation. He’s trying to require hedge funds and investment managers open up their books. But it’s useless. Everyone’s trying to find a complex solution to “what went wrong?” and how some of the biggest investors lost so much &#8211; when a simple answer suffices. Investors simply violated two of Investment U’s ]]></description>
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		<title>(FRE) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (August 25 – 31, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/09/01/fre-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-august-25-%e2%80%93-31-2008/407</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gyrations of financial markets ahead of the Labor Day weekend tested the patience of bulls and bears alike. As big swings took place in thinly-traded markets, I was reminded of Albert Schweitzer’s words: “As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.&#8221; None the wiser, I also did not succeed in capturing a leprechaun and finding the gold during my visit last week to the Emerald Isle. However, the beautiful Irish scenery, hospitality and “open for business” attitude resulted in a very successful trip and will keep me going back in search of the “buried treasure”. Nervousness about the financial system was still paramount as investors realized that none of the problems were likely to be fixed anytime soon. The upshot of the week’s ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 21 – 27, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/08/01/fnm-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-july-21-%e2%80%93-27-2008-2/271</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial markets witnessed another roller-coaster week as renewed concerns about the global economy and the health of the financial sector surfaced, resulting in a mixed week for world stock and bond markets, an improved US dollar and continued weakness in oil and commodities. Source: Lisa Benson, Slate US stocks plummeted on Thursday after two days of gains as investors’ recent optimism was dented by renewed doubts about financials stocks, manifesting in the sector dropping 6.8% – its largest one-day decline in more than eight years. In a rare Saturday session, the US Senate passed housing rescue legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and providing financial support to troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), reported TheStreet.com. The bill, which cleared the House on Wednesday, now ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 14 – 20, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/08/01/fnm-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-july-14-%e2%80%93-20-2008-2/265</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end is nigh was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac’s demise was a harbinger of many more bank failures. Furthermore, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to rescue the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), left investors unconvinced. The US government plan caused some agitation since Paulson was essentially asking for a blank check to ensure the funding backstop would be successful in helping the GSEs fulfill their role of providing financing for the US mortgage market. Debt holders were happy with the implications of the plan, but equity holders faced the possible dilution from a government purchase of the equity and/or the possibility of the equity ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 7 – 13, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/08/01/fnm-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-july-7-%e2%80%93-13-2008-2/264</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears,” said Robert W. Sarnoff. This is certainly the way it looked last week as the fall-out of the credit crisis deepened. Markets had investors feeling dazed and confused after another roller-coaster week amid further evidence of the deteriorating health of the US financial sector and a renewed rise in oil prices. Adding to the pain, Barron’s Randall Forsyth said: “Now that the bear market has officially arrived, it may stick around and gnash its teeth for a while – until it&#8217;s scared away those who remain.” Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) were the main sources of volatility for the market, as speculation was rampant that they were destined for ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 21 – 27, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/07/27/fnm-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-july-21-%e2%80%93-27-2008/246</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial markets witnessed another roller-coaster week as renewed concerns about the global economy and the health of the financial sector surfaced, resulting in a mixed week for world stock and bond markets, an improved US dollar and continued weakness in oil and commodities. Source: Lisa Benson, Slate US stocks plummeted on Thursday after two days of gains as investors’ recent optimism was dented by renewed doubts about financials stocks, manifesting in the sector dropping 6.8% – its largest one-day decline in more than eight years. In a rare Saturday session, the US Senate passed housing rescue legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and providing financial support to troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), reported TheStreet.com. The bill, which cleared the House on Wednesday, now ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 14 – 20, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2008/07/20/fnm-words-from-the-investment-wise-for-the-week-that-was-july-14-%e2%80%93-20-2008/223</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prieur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end is neigh was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac’s demise was a harbinger of many more bank failures. Furthermore, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to rescue the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), left investors unconvinced. The US government plan caused some agitation since Paulson was essentially asking for a blank check to ensure the funding backstop would be successful in helping the GSEs fulfill their role of providing financing for the US mortgage market. Debt holders were happy with the implications of the plan, but equity holders faced the possible dilution from a government purchase of the equity and/or the possibility of the equity ]]></description>
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		<title>(FNM) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 7 – 13, 2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears,” said Robert W. Sarnoff. This is certainly the way it looked last week as the fall-out of the credit crisis deepened. Markets had investors feeling dazed and confused after another roller-coaster week amid further evidence of the deteriorating health of the US financial sector and a renewed rise in oil prices. Adding to the pain, Barron’s Randall Forsyth said: “Now that the bear market has officially arrived, it may stick around and gnash its teeth for a while – until it&#8217;s scared away those who remain.” Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) were the main sources of volatility for the market, as speculation was rampant that they were destined for ]]></description>
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