The net worth sweep continues to be a hot topic for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There seemed to be some light at the tunnel when signs suggested it would be eliminated, but now that an official “agreement” is in the books, nothing has actually changed. Bank analyst Dick Bove of Odeon Capital referred to the situation as “the GSE scam” in a note released on Wednesday. Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Agreement reached? The Treasury Department reached an agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees the GSEs, last week. It would seem that a…
GSE scam? Net worth sweep remains in play after “accounting chicanery”
Michelle deBoer-Jones
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.