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Calabria’s GSE Reform Could Trigger A Recession: Dick Bove

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Debate over removing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship continues as the two government-sponsored enterprises reported healthy Q4 earnings results. The two GSEs reported their earnings results the same day Trump's choice for the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was set to testify before the Senate.

Q4 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc

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It seems likely Congress will approve Mark Calabria as the next FHFA director, but one well-known bank analyst is warning against it. Richard Bove thinks Calabria would be good for Fannie Mae shareholders but bad for housing values.

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.