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Angelmin

08/10/25 11:47 AM

#838762 RE: Ace Trader #838760

At this point, I think there is a holding company (MAGA) and two individual business units (FNMA FMCC) that will be listed and operate independently.


The merge of F2 is just to use the same infrastructure such as the IT platform, credit rating systems, compliance issues, and regulatory issues for cost reduction purposes.
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wdereb79

08/10/25 12:33 PM

#838776 RE: Ace Trader #838760

There once was a Canon commercial for Andre Agassi. He was a professional tennis player doing a commercial for the camera manufacturer. I am not sure if you remember it, but the theme of the commercial was "Image is Everything". That is what they would be getting out of this. Image. They take an old way of doing things and polish it up, slap a new MAGA name on it, and then they transform the housing market just like they would if it were named Fannie and Freddie. People, in general, don't know shit about the GSEs. In fact, if they even remember them at all, it is usually in a negative light because of the 2008 financial crisis. But, ole Maw and Paw, down in the Tennessee foothills, will love to hear that MAGA is coming to save the housing market. I have read legitimate news sources say that POTUS does not want this thing to get messy and fraught with lawsuits. I have also read that he wants this to happen swiftly. Congress is neither of those things. I don't think they plan on going through Congress. I don't think they are going to change the charters, and I don't think they are going to change the business side of things at all honestly. Why would they? It works. They know that FNF are winners and that they will significantly help the housing crisis. It's a slam dunk for MAGA. So, they slap MAGA on it. Boom. Marketing 101. Just my two cents. I hope I am right, but who knows. I am still excited and optimistic. I don't think it is as complicated as it sounds. GLTA!!! LFG!! FNF LONG AND STRONG!
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Barron4664

08/10/25 1:35 PM

#838792 RE: Ace Trader #838760

There is not going to be a merger of the two companies through a holding company. Each company was created by a separate act of Congress to provide competition. Merging these companies is completely illegal, unless congress gets involved and writes new legislation to amend the existing statutes. So lets stop entertaining Bill Ackmans wet dreams. Everything that snake has proposed is currently illegal by the plain language of the current laws. That includes the warrants for free. And paying dividends to Treasury under the SPS LP for undercapitalized companies. That doesnt mean they wont do it. But it is not a very efficient way to end the conservatorship. Lots of potential legal roadblocks, given the current district courts judicial opposition to everything this administration wants to do.