Spoiled Brat Theory to explain the Fed buying stocks.

The shrinking of the GSE’s under the conservatorship and the depletion of their capital bases is only hurting the housing market.

Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme Capital Management LLC exited its common-stock investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the third quarter.

When Bernanke & Co. stalled off the August 2007 correction for nearly a year, they still had plenty of dry powder. But now, the Fed has already played its cards.

This is a classic example of Wall St. not taking the time to delineate between the two cases. This has caused $FNMA $FNMAS to sell off over the last few days.

Roddy Boyd takes an in depth look into the fascinating lives of the Karfunkel brothers, their financial empire and their philanthropic efforts. But behind the generosity, there are allegations of financial irregularities and wrongdoing.