It really does seem everytime fnma reaches a certain price and there is mounting exuberance that either MC or SM pipe up in the media to drive back to $3 +/-. There is a method for this madness on their part, Im sure. Possibility that any settlement will take into consideration the current price, so keeping it low will benefit the governments pocket. If this is the case, I hope someone smells out the truth. Then they'll really have law suits.