The US Senate banking committee is expected to act on the Crapo-Johnson proposal to reform Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) this week, but a new proposal from committee members Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) shows how big the gulf is between competing visions of America’s mortgage market.
As Charles “Chase” Coleman looks back on 2017, with his hedge fund Tiger Global up 50% on long exposure but down 19% on the shorts, he has no regrets,... Read More
While some stock analysts around the world were assuming the worst on the evening of November 8, fund managers Luis Bononato and Carl Icahn had similar thoughts. Going against... Read More
The Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMRO), an association set up in 2012 to help mortgage holders in arrears, has signed an agreement with Allsops Space, the auctioneers, under which... Read More
After the biggest (in lost value) and longest (in years) housing downturn in history, U.S. property markets are finally beginning to show signs of consistent recovery. When the subprime mortgage... Read More
Both the U.S. and Italy stand on the brink of a worsening public debt situation, but the markets are reacting to each nation's dire fiscal outlook in opposite ways.... Read More
Rough notes of Dan Ariely's presentation at the Robin Hood Investors Conference 2018. Stay tuned for more from Robin Hood Investors Conference which took place on October 29, 2018... Read More
Societe Generale SA (ADR) (OTCMKTS:SCGLY) (EPA:GLE) in a recent report updated the Adaptive Sentiment Indicator for – H1 2013 performance. They show values of the adaptive indicators for the FX,... Read More
What's The Best Safe Haven For Investors? by Mark Spitznagel, originally posted on Barron's, Reprinted with permission We are living through truly unprecedented, risky times for investors. Certainly, global markets... Read More
Domino's Pizza, Inc. (DPZ) new short report is out from the famed research firm, GeoInvesting. The firm prepared the DPZ thesis in late April for submission to the Sohn Conf, where... Read More
When you’re waiting for the next round of earnings announcements to come out, there’s a lot of emphasis put on the consensus view – the average (or occasionally median)... Read More
