Finance / FRE (FREDDIE MAC)

Quote: Originally Posted by naidamar What's shocking is neither the fact that DW is unable to service its debt nor the amount of its debt (still very large compared to its GDP), but the fact that Abu Dhabi is refusing to bail out DW. Given how much Dubai has spent polishing its image as an international financial centre, asking for a delay is clearly the last option ...

US 30-yr home loan rate falls to match record low Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:07am EST NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - U.S. 30-year mortgage rates dropped in the past week to match a record low set in April, while the 15-year home loan rate fell to a new all-time low, home funding company Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday. The average 30-year rate ...

Fannie Mae cuts portfolio, delinquencies jump Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:26pm EST (Adds details, Freddie Mac portfolio) NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), shrunk its gross mortgage portfolio by an annual rate of about 28 percent in October and delinquencies on loans it guarantees rose sharply in September, the largest U.S. home funding ...

New Gold Bugs Taking Gold Mainstream http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091123-70564 2.html By Alistair Barr Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world's leading hedge-fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal amid concern government efforts to avoid another Great Depression that could undermine major currencies and fuel...

New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream Tudor, Paulson, Greenlight, Hayman bring precious metal in from the fringe http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-gold-bugs-tak ing-gold-mainstream-2009-11-23 By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world's leading hedge-fund ...

New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream - Tudor, Paulson, Greenlight, Hayman bring precious metal in from the fringe 23 November 2009 , by Alistair Barr (MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-gold-bugs-tak ing-gold-mainstream-2009-11-23?pagenumber=1 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year ...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new...3?siteid=yh oof New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world's leading hedge-fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal amid concern government efforts to avoid another Great Depression that could ...

MARKETWATCHTOPSTORIES New gold bugs taking gold mainstream New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream Tudor, Paulson, Greenlight, Hayman bring precious metal in from the fringe By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch Last Update: 11/23/2009 11:44:00 AM SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world's leading hedge-fund ...

Masterful Alistair.Barr examines why billionaires are buying gold. A scintillating appraisal of the gold scene and the forces driving it appears in Market Watch this morning. Paul Tudor Jones, Kyle Bass, David Einhorn, John Paulson and other notable magnates are ploughing into gold. Goldbugs go mainstream. [chart]images.investorshub.advfn.com/images/upload s/2009/11/23/s[ffxgold-bars1.png[/chart][...