Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

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Did Gov really have the right to place Fannie & Freddie into conservatorship?
WHAT IS MARK-TO-MARKET?

I believe so.

Mark-to-market is the book accounting process of marking items such as investments on the books as current fair value rather than at cost. If a company held them at cost, the amount wouldn't require non-cash impairment charges that affect earnings. At mark-to-market, an asset can drastically change from quarter to quarter and have an influence on earnings; positively or negatively.