Freddie Mac news from FierceFinance

So you thought the worst of mortgage crisis was behind us? Well, not so fast. Mortgage insurers are apparently starting to balk, and paying claims on $6 billion in claims filed by banks holding... Read more...

Is this a scary sign: Citi, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Bank of America have been the most actively traded Big Board stocks as of late. Overall volume has been weak, which has allowed these four... Read more...

People have been wondering about the ultimate fate of Fannie and Freddie, which were seized by the government last year. While they, no doubt, added liquidity to the system by securitizing all those... Read more...

Freddie Mac had a big first-quarter loss of $3.14 per share (vs. 66 cent loss per share a year ago). The bloodbath reflected $8.8 billion in credit losses from delinquencies and write-downs of its... Read more...

Not too long ago, government officials were fairly adamant that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would not remain in government hands for very long. But with every passing day, it looks more like the two... Read more...

What to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Freddie Mac has said it'll require up to $35 billion in federal funds, in addition to the $14 billion it already took. Fannie Mae, which hasn't taken... Read more...

As it turns out, there were several internal risk officers who warned the top executives that they were becoming dangerously overexposed to risky subprime and Alt-A loans. This was the conclusion of... Read more...

Value investors are nothing if not predictable. The approach, unfortunately, has been disastrous this year. This was exemplified most dramatically by Bill Miller, who beat the S&P 500 for 15... Read more...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is dominating the headlines like he did a few months ago, when it seemed like he was a candidate for every high-profile open CEO position. His firm is playing an active role... Read more...

Lehman Brothers wasn't worth any public money. But AIG? Well, that's another story. After the Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae and Freddie bailouts, people applauded when Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson... Read more...