"It was my understanding that warrants were set in place to reduce the ability of shareholders to profit from any of the activities of the conservator that ended up making them profitable until the treasury got it's money back. This is why I thought the warrants were insurance to treasury that they could minimize their losses if the GSEs liquidated and were unable to be saved."
That fits right in the mold marked COLLATERAL perfectly.
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