Author Archives: Timeless Investor

About Timeless Investor

My name is Samual Lau. I am a long-term value investor and a zealous disciple of Ben Graham. And I am a MBA graduated in May 2010 from Carnegie Mellon University. My concentrations are Finance, Strategy and Marketing.

Have GSEs reformed themselves? – from Marketwatch

The future state of common securitization platform for GSEs is almost there, while Congress wouldn’t do it, so Fannie and Freddie reformed themselves. As Freddie CEO Don Layton said on its earnings call, “This is not your parents’ Freddie Mac.” So it … Continue reading

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Must read – comments of GSE documents from Richard Epstein of NYU

These are must read comments of GSE documents from Richard Epstein

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Small lenders want GSEs preserved – from Scottmanguide

Small lenders want GSEs preserved – another one for pro GSEs 

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Anti-GSEs voices

Here are some anti-GSEs voices, make some sense in theory, but I am not sure whether they really are practical with so significant drastic changes in housing system?

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Great links of commentaries of GSE’s newly discovered documents

here are great links to the in-depth commentaries of GSE’s newly discovered documents

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Good arguments on John Carney’s articles on Brietbart.com

Here are some great arguments on John Carney’s articles on Brietbart.com. Even though Carney is on Brietbart.com, obviously, he is not a fan of Trump and Trump admin.

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Understanding of GSE’s implicit and explicit guarantee

According to Americanbanker, some lawmakers and other commenters have also called for any future government guarantee to be explicit and transparent — rather than Fannie and Freddie’s implicit guarantee — and apply only to the mortgage securities issued under a … Continue reading

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Links to recent discovered GSE documents

Here are some relevant links to recent discovered GSE documents

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David Stevens’s argument on MBA reform plan – does not make much sense to me

Here is latest David Stevens’s argument on MBA reform plan. I do not think it makes much sense to me.

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Newly unsealed documents reveal real reason for Fannie, Freddie profit sweep – from HW

Newly unsealed Newly-Unsealed-Mortgage-Documents reveal real reason for Fannie, Freddie profit sweep – from Housingwire. In addition, Dick Bove blasted about the givernment’s “crime” on stealing all profit from FNMA/FMCC. – This will becomes more and more known by public, government … Continue reading

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