Investors are positioning their portfolios for the political regime to come.
Bill Ackman is making a bold bet on these two under-the-radar stocks.
Allies of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trumps and bankers have been discussing plans on ending U.S. government control of the mortgage-finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if he wins the election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Donald Trump's allies want once again to try to untie the Gordian knot of the mortgage market: what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been trapped in conservatorship since 2008, with the government aggressively manipulating asset values to justify seizing control early in conservatorship. The Trump administration began recapitalization efforts, and under Biden, earnings have continued to accumulate, positioning the GSEs for a potential exit from conservatorship. Moelis' 2024 update suggests a new administration could quickly restructure Fannie and Freddie, with junior preferred shareholders likely to be made whole.
After a big plunge last week, mortgage rates inched up slightly, but were far lower than where they were a year ago. Meanwhile, home buyers remain on the sidelines.
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are speculative investments due to potential government decisions, offering high-risk and high potential reward for investors. Privatization of the GSEs, a potential positive catalyst, could occur if Trump wins the 2024 Presidential election. The valuations of the GSEs are low, leaving plenty of upside potential for the stocks from any positive catalysts.
Mortgage financing firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are set to impose stricter rules for commercial property lenders and brokers, following a budding regulatory crackdown on fraud in the multi-trillion dollar market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Investors in mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have made a killing this year, as the penny stocks have been bid up on hopes that Donald Trump would end the federal government's conservatorship of the companies during a second term in office.
The average interest rate on the popular U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to its lowest level since mid-March this week, a welcome development for a housing market struggling to find its footing and one that may continue if the Federal Reserve cuts rates as expected in the months ahead.
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