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Fannie and Freddie Model from Bronte Capital

John Hempton of Bronte Capital has written a fascinating series of articles on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He models Freddie’s credit losses and revenues and comes to the conclusion that the company will earn its way to paying back the Treasury. He concludes that the way for investors to position themselves is to buy preferred stock in Fannie and Freddie.

Part I – Introduction and Where Losses Came From
Part II – Write Downs on Private Label Securities
Part III – Default Curves
Part IV – Estimates of Lifetime Defaults by Loan Vintage
Part V – Net Interest Margin
Part VI – Putting the Model Together
Part VII – Answering Criticsms
Part VIII – Risks

Not surprisingly, I completely agree with his analysis. I own a substantial amount of GSE preferred stock in Gator Financial Partners. In fact, it is, by far, my largest position.

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