The government loaning $180 billion and receiving over $300 billion in return equating to over $120 billion in profit is not penalty enough?
AIG & CITI didn't come close to generating this kind of return for the government. I expect the warrants will be cancelled or significantly discounted and sold back to FNMA.
Besides, FNMA made 14.5 billion for FY 2019. Long term this investment will pan out regardless. Even 10 billion per year can repurchase a ton of common shares even if there is some dilution.
Attached is the bailout list. How many corporations on the list had the warrants exercised? Why would you equate the two most profitable corporations on that list to the worst? Do you understand how comparisons work?
It is the EXERCISE thereof that will trigger a FIRESTORM of court filings. Warrants in and of themselves, in their current un-exercised state, are dormant and only intended to keep pps in a suppressed state, nothing more. Any challenge in court would be un-actionable by any judge at this time.
No one Not a single suit is challenging the existence of the warrants. They may or may not be legal but as it stands now no one is questioning their legality directly. History with AIG and CITI suggests that the warrants will be exercised if for no other reason but to cover the capital removed from the GSE's and the penalties for the actions