If the US maintains tight control over the mortgage giants with 'implicit guarantee' of their obligations, rates might rise by 1/5 of a percentage point, Stanford researchers say
Shares in mortgage giants tumble as investors weigh whether the Trump administration is more interested in mining Fannie and Freddie's profits than privatizing them
Promise that the government will maintain 'implicit guarantees' of the companies' obligations suggests that what Trump has in mind is monetization, not privatization