Sep 13, 2024 · Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac surged Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump’s allies were drawing up plans to end their government control if he wins the...

Nov 24, 2024 · Investors are ramping up bets that Trump 2.0 will loosen the federal government’s grip over mortgage giants Freddie Mac (FMCC) and Fannie Mae (FNMA), ending one of the oldest fights on Wall...

Jan 14, 2025 · The hottest shares on Wall Street are from two companies with stodgy names such as the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, which are better known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Dec 30, 2024 · Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has voiced his expectation that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will steer Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) out of their long-standing...

Dec 31, 2024 · Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is stoking new speculation that the Trump administration could end one of the oldest fights on Wall Street by loosening the federal government’s grip over...

Freddie Mac was chartered by Congress in 1970 with a public mission to stabilize the nation's residential mortgage markets and expand opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing.

What is Freddie Mac? Freddie Mac is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that contributes significantly in the U.S Housing Market created for expansion of the secondary mortgage markets by acquiring mortgages, pooling them, and selling them as Mortgage-Backed Securities ( MBS ).

Freddie Mac is the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), a GSE that buys mortgages from depository institutions and turns them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS).

Nov 19, 2024 · Freddie Mac had intentionally overstated its earnings by a mind-boggling $5 billion. The company had engaged in earnings manipulation—a practice of artificially inflating profits to meet Wall Street’s ever-increasing expectations.

Oct 12, 2020 · I am a current senior in college, and I was very lucky and fortunate enough to receive offers from Freddie Mac as a capital markets analyst. Do you guys think starting a career as an analyst at a government-sponsored enterprise is a good choice for a beginning career?