tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post2065543190854897470..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: Farewell Fannie and Freddie"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-74956791613574554722008-09-09T12:02:00.000-07:002008-09-09T12:02:00.000-07:00Anonymous 11:00 - No. The closest I get to GR is t...Anonymous 11:00 - <BR/><BR/>No. The closest I get to GR is the fact that FT Alphaville occasionally finds merit in my musings and drivel. <BR/><BR/>Out of curiousity, why do you hope so?<BR/><BR/>-C-"Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-24442506699533732022008-09-09T11:00:00.000-07:002008-09-09T11:00:00.000-07:00Apologies for being OT but are you the selfsame Ca...Apologies for being OT but are you the selfsame Cassandra that posts comments on Gideon Rachman's blog?<BR/><BR/>I certainly hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-70462053152328431732008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:00C,You don’t really believe they’ll be put into run...C,<BR/>You don’t really believe they’ll be put into run off, do you? The bellows from Washington already ring with chants that FNM & FRE are the ‘only game in town’, I see little to zero chance that they’ll moderately expand their balance sheet and then gradually wind down like the bullet points on the Treas. plan outline. Rather, they’ll ramp much more and stay that way. <BR/><BR/>Your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-51189985960580801132008-09-09T04:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T04:11:00.000-07:00Etz, the sums are indeed galling for running the s...Etz, the sums are indeed galling for running the ship aground. In some places, such abject failure leads to docking of pay...<BR/><BR/>anon - they are dead in their current form. It will effectively become a an operation in runoff. The days of the free-lunch are over. If the guarantee is in fact a guarantee,I personally would at least like the Feds to claw back spread from the bondholders. Fine "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-59016617643238835132008-09-08T20:26:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:26:00.000-07:00"Conservatorship" Doesn't that mean they are going..."Conservatorship" <BR/><BR/>Doesn't that mean they are going to survive?<BR/><BR/>As Mark Twain might have said: Reports of their death seem to be grossly exaggerated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-12996667716422881122008-09-08T10:20:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:20:00.000-07:00It's all good. Dan Mudd, the CEO of Fannie Mae, is...It's all good. Dan Mudd, the CEO of Fannie Mae, is getting $9.3 million of severance for destroying his company. Richard Syron, the CEO of Freddie Mac, is getting $14.1 million--in part because of a clause he added to his employment contract two months ago, when it was clear the company was headed for disaster.<BR/><BR/>God bless taxpayers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com