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Investors who owned stocks in the 2010s generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) total return for the decade was 250.5%. But there’s no question some big-name stocks didn’t keep pace along the way. Fannie Mae’s Difficult Decade One market...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Nearly $24 billion worth of shares traded on OTC Markets last month, down about 2% from December. There were a number of significant...

This article is from Benzinga’s Partner Content team Roughly 5.7 billion shares traded on the OTCQX Best Market in August, the most transparent of OTC Markets’ three tiers. That volume was 3.5x the volume on the second tier, the OTCQB Venture Market, which had 1.6 billion shares trade...

Since former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson made a bullish call on Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) on Sept. 5, the two stocks are each up more than 40%. In his newsletter this week, Tilson reiterated his bullish stance that GSE...

This post is from Benzinga's Partner Content team More than 4 billion shares—or $7.7 billion—exchanged hands on the OTCQX Best Market and OTCQB Venture Market in July. These were the most active individual securities on each of the top tiers of OTC Markets.  OTCQX Market ...

With the second half of 2019 well underway, let’s take a look back at 10 numbers that defined the activity on OTC Markets through the first six months of the year.  1) 187 The number of securities that joined the OTCQX and OTCQB Markets in the first half of the year—60 joined...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae control about 70% of single-family mortgage originations. Although they are not quick to change the qualification standards, the government-sponsored enterprises frequently play with the debt-to-income ratio, or DTI.  What The Ratio Means For...

As we highlighted last month, preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac experienced dramatic increases in dollar trading volume to start 2019. That was not the case in February however, as dollar volume in the mortgage liquidity providers receded back to normal levels. While different share...

Government-sponsored enterprises Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) have sprung back to life in 2019, with both stocks up more than 139 percent year-to-date. After years of disappointment for investors, one prominent voice on Wall...

Trading data from OTC Markets Group shows that shares of government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a dramatic increase in dollar trading volume last month. Common shares of Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) experienced 795 percent and 529 percent month-over-...

Love him or hate him, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may be the best and last hope for Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors. Mnuchin’s ability to assemble a “dream team” of cooperators as heads of Fannie Mae...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors received more bad news last week when U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth dismissed the majority of the claims against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a shareholder lawsuit against the two...

Donald Trump's presidency hasn’t provided the beacon of hope Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors had hoped it would.  A major leadership transition in Washington could be imminent, and Height Capital Markets...

For the first time since 2012, Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) needed taxpayer bailout funds to cover quarterly losses. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each reported large fourth-quarter losses after absorbing a one-time drop in the value...