Just Some Guy

Large Banks' Net Income History

I don't get the FY* headings either, unless 2007,6,5?

Should I Buy Fannie or Freddie Stock Today?

A bit of overstatement, F&F have been semi-nationalized from the start, and if they now need to be semi-hemi-demi-nationa... (and I guess they do), it won't be such a huge change.

However, I agree that the problem is in setting a share price. $1 seems too low. Note, that the firms could recover and the government sell back the shares for a profit!

Meanwhile, I wonder about a clawback on executive compensation for these two companies over the past, oh, five or ten years.

Fannie and Freddie: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

Lot of those bonds, and maybe stock, in the widows and orphans funds, direct or via funds. Taxable, can take a writeoff, get a third of the haircut back. IRA's, not so pretty.