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Zorro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 11:07 PM
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Fannie Mae Warns on Capital Position
Not much to this article other than the warning. It leaves me feeling uneasy.

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U.S. mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae said on Wednesday a Securities and Exchange Commission decision that it must restate earnings over accounting problems is likely to cut into its capital position.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=2&u=/nm/20041216/bs_nm/financial_fanniemae_capital_dc
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:55 AM
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1. Um...if they have to start a mass emergency "call-in" of their loans...
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 12:56 AM by GainesT1958
As a result of that "re-statement", watch the housing market suddenly resemble a gigantic, falling house of cards!:scared:

B-)
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shcrane Donating Member (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 01:17 AM
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3. what will that mean for those of use who
currently are paying mortgages?
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 12:58 AM
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2. I watched some of the hearings last month, not good
i think there is a lot more wrong going on there that we won't find out until it's too late.
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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 01:23 AM
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4. Yes, me smells something rotten
Huge amounts at stake.
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