Forex Market Implications of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Growing fears on the part of stock investors and forex traders that mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may collapse and have to be taken over by the US government contributed to a wild trading day in the US stock market and the forex market on Friday.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares have been hammered this year as the mortgage and US housing market crisis have become worse and worst witrh no end in sight. Together Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac insure almost fully 50% of the mortgages on American homes which runs into the many trillions of dollars. The two implicitly US government backed companies have had their shares prices hammered over the past year as losses on their loan portfolios mount. Their shares have now lost over 75% of their value and may not have bottomed out even at truly distressed prices.

Should the government lead by the Federal Reserve Bank