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  • n  a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
    a runup in interest rates
    market runups are followed by corrections
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  • Fannie and Freddie Are Super-Profitable, but Congress Doesn't Care
    Shares in Fannie Mae ( FNMA ) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC ) , the mortgage-finance giants, have mostly traded for pennies since the U.S. government seized them in 2008. The companies’ bad investments in risky loans in the runup to the credit crisis led to a $188 billion taxpayer bailout and enshrined them as symbols of housing market excess.
    June 13, 2013 - BusinessWeek
Quotes

  • Philip Petursson in CTV.ca
    We have seen a massive runup in the market, which probably got a little bit ahead of itself, certainly when you compare it to historical rallies from a bear market low and there's some good profits to be had out there,said Philip Petursson,...
  • Nick Broomfield in CTV.ca
    What I like about all these movies is they are all agents of social change,says Broomfield, the cutting-edge documentarian behind 1998's "Kurt and Courtney." "It's the runup to the American election so it's an important time to influence...
  • Wesley Clark in Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide
    In 2002 in the runup to the second war with Iraq, we were a lot hedgier. Couldn't get anybody to admit the war was about oil,Clark said. "But the truth was, it was about oil. And today Iraq is sitting on the world's greatest, undiscovered...

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