Posts Tagged ‘freddie’

Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Fed’s Next Move Could be to Lower Rates - CNNMoney
Uncle Sam: $407 Billion in the Hole - CNNMoney
Bond Traders Lose ‘One Night Stands’ in Credit Crunch - Bloomberg
Fed Loans May Give Lehman Breathing Room Bear Stearns Lacked - Bloomberg
Platinum Declines to 18-Month Low in London as Car Sales Slow - Bloomberg
Oil Slips as Demand Concerns [...]



Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

What’s Next for Fannie & Freddie - Forbes
Living in a World of Extreme Moral Hazard - Financial Times
The Bailout’s Real Winner? People’s Bank of China - Slate
OPEC to Keep Production Steady - RealClearMarkets
Oil Drops to Near $100 - Bloomberg
Is China Really an Economic Threat - RealClearMarkets
Stunning Use of Federal Power - Washington Post
Pending Home Sales [...]



Stock Index Bulls and Bears “Fighting it Out”

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

S&P futures closed sharply higher on Monday in the wake of news the government would bail out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae but are mixed in early trade. The September futures moved above 1278 Monday, which marks the 20-day moving average and key resistance, but profit-taking took back some gains by day’s end.September S&P [...]



Daily News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

U.S. Takes Control of Mortgage Giants Fannie & Freddie - Wall Street Journal
LTCM Is a Short-Term Memory - New York Times
A Delicate Balance in Fannie/Freddie Action - Financial Times
The Economy’s Uncertain Outlook - Weekly Standard
Welcome to the Mortgage Business - Ciovacco Capital
Is the Dollar Really King? (PDF) - Brown Brothers Harriman
OPEC Considers Cutting Output [...]



Daily News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Oil Rises Above $117 as Gustav Threatens Gulf - RealClearMarkets
Dollar on the Rise, For Now - Financial Times
Record Drop for Home Prices - RealClearMarkets
Credit Crunch Deeper and Wider - BusinessWeek
FDIC: 117 Troubled Banks - RealClearMarkets
Don’t Believe the Fed Hike Hype - TechTicker/Yahoo Finance
Durable Goods Post Strong Increases in June/July - AP/Yahoo Finance
Why Fannie & Freddie [...]



Daily News Digest

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

More Road Kill on the Credit Crunch Highway - Bloomberg
Wireless Technology Spurs Economic Growth - Project Syndicate
No More Need for Frannie & Freddie - Financial Times
This Year, August is Anything but Quiet - The Economist
Why Corporate Tax is the Worst Tax - Washington Times
CRB Commodities Index Heads for Biggest Weakly Jump in 33 Years - [...]



Daily News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

The Winners & Losers from Cheaper Oil (Video)- Financial Times
Fed Debate Heats Up Over Inflation - Bloomberg
Free Trade is Economy’s Saving Grace - Investor’s Business Daily
The U.S.’s Strikingly Socialist Tendencies - Times of London
About the Next Fannie/Freddie Crisis - New York Sun
Oil Falls to 12-Week Low on Demand Worries - Reuters
Fed Likely on Hold [...]



Euro Poised for Breakout - Consider a Strangle

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jul 25th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Euro Poised for a Breakout
By Richard Ilczyszyn and Phil Streible
The euro seems poised to make a breakout against the U.S. dollar, but the big question is which direction. It could go either way as we have global inflation, and at the same time, economic weakness impacting the currencies. We think a strangle is a good [...]



Daily News Digest

By Paul Nowak • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Commodity News Digest

Crude Falls for 4th Day; Down 11% for the Week - MarketWatch
Gold & Oil for Soros; Illiquidity at Merrill - Forbes
Ben Bernanke Is Boxed In - The Economist
Why Not to Panic on Inflation - New York Post
Fannie & Freddie, Damned by Faustian Bargain - Financial Times