By WSJ Staff
Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac surged Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump's allies were drawing up plans to end their government control if Trump wins the presidential election.
The government's stakes in Fannie and Freddie could be valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars, bankers estimate. That could allow the government to sell more than $100 billion of securities in one swoop, some bankers say.
Fannie's common stock rose about 9% while Freddie's was up more than 7%.
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Trump Allies Are Working on Plans to Privatize Fannie and FreddieA deal would call for the government to try to sell a chunk of its holdings in the mortgage giants to investors, including sovereign-wealth funds.Read the full article
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