Rodney5
11 hours ago
You ask, “How long until they hit that threshold they need to hit to be release?”
Treasury must cancel the net worth sweep, deem the senior preferred stock paid, eliminate Treasury’s liquidation preference, and replace the excessive capital requirement to a more realistic percentage 2.5% … At 2.5% of $4.2 trillion is approximately $105 billion. Fannie has $86 billion in shareholder equity $19 billion short of the 2.5% of the capital if the Treasury would cancel the net worth sweep, deem the senior preferred stock paid, eliminate Treasury’s liquidation preference, and replace the excessive capital requirement with a true risk-based requirement that allows Fannie to price their credit guarantees on an economic basis. Fannie is not bank and should not be treated as a bank requiring bank like capital. Realist the company on the New York Stock Exchange. By doing this the Stock Price will soar. This is how huge returns on investment can be made even if the Treasury exercises the warrants.
With a multi trillion dollar portfolio $19 billion is a small number to reach to get us out of this prison.
Rodney5
1 day ago
Theft on top of theft… “$4.6 billion in pre-tax net interest income ($3.0 billion after tax)”. The treasury collects tax on net income AND adds the retained net income to the LP. At least the retained earnings are drawing interest.
Has anyone run the numbers on the taxes treasury collected since the start of this prison sentence?
Quote: “But…there now is very positive factor adding to earnings: Fannie’s ability to keep its retained earnings (and not have to turn them over to Treasury in a net worth sweep), and the fact that those retained earnings are invested in short-term securities. At the end of the first quarter of 2022, Fannie’s $51.7 billion in shareholders’ equity was invested in short-term securities paying 15 basis points, earning $77 million per year. At June 30, 2024, however, Fannie’s $86.5 billion of shareholders’ equity was invested in short-term securities at 5.3 percent. That’s $4.6 billion in pre-tax net interest income ($3.0 billion after tax), and with no change in interest rates these earnings will grow at the same rate as Fannie’s retained earnings. For that reason, the company’s net income probably will trend modestly higher over the next couple of years, even with higher loss provisions and the continued growth in non-economic credit risk transfer costs.” End of quote
https://howardonmortgagefinance.com/2024/07/09/the-mbs-vigilantes/#comment-30597
DCBill
1 day ago
Answer: "Not in God's lifetime." Ditto George Mason's "Mercatus." or of late the Uban Institute. (I love that Moody's Mark Zandi--who greenlighted "private label" MBS, with his soggy/lofty ratings, and dealt much of the causative role the large commercial banks played in the 2008 meltdown-- often finds himself part of UI's "usual suspects" damning the GSEs. I guess MZ doesn't like to remember or mention his prominent professional role. i.e. giving top ratings--for which the banks paid, literally--to facilitate sales, of their own Non-GSE "private label" commercial bank securities filled with poorly underwritten loans. That's some pertinent history MZ seldom mentions or acknowledges.)
Nope, you have to go to the accurate books by Howard and Pagliara for GSE advocates and arguments.
Rodney5
2 days ago
The Treasury and FHFA illegal exaction due to violating Federal statutes all monies with interest should be returned to the companies.
Neither the Charter Act nor did HERA authorize the Treasury to charge a commitment fee on a line of credit to be paid by the Enterprise. The United States prohibition on assessment or collection of fee or charge to Fannie Mae, (section 304 Fee Limitation). Only Federal Reserve Banks are authorized to be reimbursed of fees, (section 309).
SEC. 304. SECONDARY MARKET OPERATION
Fee Limitation
Quote: “(f) PROHIBITION ON ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF FEE OR CHARGE BY UNITED STATES.—Except for fees paid pursuant to section 309(g) of this Act and assessments pursuant to section 1316 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, no fee or charge may be assessed or collected by the United States (including any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States) on or with regard to the purchase, acquisition, sale, pledge, issuance, guarantee, or redemption of any mortgage, asset, obligation, trust certificate of beneficial interest, or other security by the corporation. No provision of this subsection shall affect the purchase of any obligation by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.” End of Quote. Page 16
Only Federal Reserve Banks are authorized to be reimbursed of fees, (section 309).
SEC. 309. GENERAL POWERS OF GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION AND FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
Federal Reserve Banks to Act as Fiscal Agents (Fannie Mae and GNMA)
Quote: “(g) DEPOSITARIES, CUSTODIANS, AND FISCAL AGENTS.—The Federal Reserve banks are authorized and directed to act as depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents for each of the bodies corporate named in section 302(a)(2), for its own account or as fiduciary, and such banks shall be reimbursed for such services in such manner as may be agreed upon; and each of such bodies corporate may itself act in such capacities, for its own account or as fiduciary, and for the account of others.” End of Quote. Page 29
Links:
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION CHARTER ACT
As amended through July 25, 2019
link: https://www.fanniemae.com/sites/g/files/koqyhd191/files/migrated-files/resources/file/aboutus/pdf/fm-amended-charter.pdf
Rodney5
2 days ago
You mentioned the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) that’s the problem with the lawsuits. The lawyers did not challenge the actions of the FHFA Director under the APA. The lawyers brought the APA argument against the FHFA as conservator. No mention of the FHFA Director violating federal law. The courts are barred from judicial review of the conservator.
Rodney5
06/25/24 12:08 PM
Post #796524 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)
SPSPA which is a contract. 4617f bars courts from questioning the actions of a conservator. The stockholders’ statutory claims are barred by the Recovery Act’s strict limitation on judicial review. See 12 U.S.C. § 4617(f).
Our friend Barron brought this to our attention. You have to prove FHFA / Treasury broke the law.
Notice: the argument doesn’t include the conservator at all. The argument is the FHFA / Treasury violation of the law.
Barron said, “ I propose claims alleging illegal exaction due to Treasury and FHFA violating Federal statutes that any district court has jurisdiction over. The Federal statutes are the Charter Act, the Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended by HERA, Administrative Procedures Act, and potentially the Chief Financial Officers Act.
None of the current litigation makes any claims of violation of these acts. They all challenge the actions of the Conservator and attempted to squeeze the APA and the 5th amendment takings into the Actions of the FHFA-C within the terms of the SPSPA. all have failed to this point.”
PUBLIC LAW 110–289—JULY 30, 2008
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT
HERA is public law not a contract, the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement is a contract not the law.
FHEFSSA
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 was amended to establish the Federal Housing Finance Agency. HERA amended certain parts of both FHEFSSA and the Charter Act. AMENDED not to do away with. Safety and Soundness still exists just as the Charter Act still exists.
Page 9 Title I
Establishment of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
FHFA is now the Regulator by reason of HERA.
Links:
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION CHARTER ACT
As amended through July 25, 2019
link: https://www.fanniemae.com/sites/g/files/koqyhd191/files/migrated-files/resources/file/aboutus/pdf/fm-amended-charter.pdf
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 2008
Link: https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ289/PLAW-110publ289.pdf
SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated September 7, 2008.
link: https://www.fhfa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/FNM-SPSPA_09-07-2008.pdf
ALL THE AGREEMENTS
link: https://www.fhfa.gov/Conservatorship/Pages/Senior-Preferred-Stock-Purchase-Agreements.aspx