Replies to post #408934 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[whipstick]

I'll take this one

No one is being forced to do anything.

Yes they are.

USG owns the GSE's.

No they don't.

They can and have been doing what they want with their companies profits.

only because it's a banana republic.

Shares in these companies are nothing more than wallpaper and trade on novelty value only.

the current share price is in the mid $2s.

[contrarian bull]

Shares in these companies are nothing more than wallpaper and trade on novelty value only.

This brings up a point... is it possible to get paper shares issued for these stocks?

Many times when I ride a company stock down to zero I wish I had gotten a paper certificate so at least I could hang it on the wall to remind me what could have been.

I do have a few paper certificates in defunct companies and some are quite attractive. They even have a value on eBay!