The majority of the 3.5 billion shares sold, that were not sold by legitimate investors who owned the shares, must logically be a supply of shares counterfeited by the market makers.
The primary market makers in these two GSEs are Goldman Sachs (Fannie Mae) and LaBranche & Co. (Freddie Mac).17 These are the specialists on the NYSE where the GSEs are listed, thus all trades executed on the NYSE in the GSEs must flow through these market makers.
955, I think you are on to something. Maybe this is why the Treasury dies not want the records public. Maybe the dirty dealing will influence all the international traders. Very important concept here.
President Bush stated in an off record comment that was taped on July 22, 2008:
There is no question about it. Wall Street got drunk. That‘s part of the reason I asked you to turn off your T.V. cameras. It got drunk and now it‘s got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments.