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Fannie Freddie Rally Returns With a Vengeance

Tickers in this article: FNMA FMCC CG FNMAS FMCKJ

Fannie shares now up 700% year to date, while preferred shares lag.

05/23/13 - 03:15 PM EDT

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Company	Last	%CHNG	Volume
Industrial Services of America (IDSA)	3.19	5.98	0.01 M
Cavco Industries Inc. (CVCO)	49.00	4.61	0.05 M
Pope Resources LP (POPE)	64.82	4.46	0.01 M
M.D.C. Holdings Inc. (MDC)	39.71	2.82	0.97 M
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV)	6.10	2.69	6.62 M
Lennar Corporation (LEN)	43.40	2.62	7.00 M
Lennar Corporation (LEN.B)	34.19	2.61	0.05 M
Gafisa SA (GFA)	3.77	2.45	1.88 M
M/I Homes Inc. (MHO)	26.22	2.38	0.28 M
PGT Inc. (PGTI)	7.94	2.32	1.26 M

Company	Last	%CHNG	Volume
Real Goods Solar Inc. (RSOL)	4.24	-10.74	3.78 M
MagneGas Corporation (MNGA)	1.15	-8.95	0.02 M
American Mold Guard Incorporated (AMGI)	0.03	-6.67	0.00 M
Vertex Energy Inc. (VTNR)	2.89	-5.56	0.00 M
Guanwei Recycling Corp. (GPRC)	1.49	-5.10	0.00 M
India Globalization Capital Inc. (IGC)	2.16	-4.41	0.03 M
Patrick Industries Inc. (PATK)	20.54	-4.33	0.11 M
US Ecology Inc. (ECOL)	27.88	-4.09	0.11 M
Matrix Service Company (MTRX)	16.54	-3.10	0.18 M
Avalon Holdings Corp. (AWX)	3.51	-2.49	0.00 M

Company	Last	%CHNG	Volume
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX)	11.51	-0.09	14.42 M
PulteGroup Inc (PHM)	22.53	0.45	14.08 M
Toll Brothers Inc (TOL)	37.60	1.43	7.64 M
DR Horton Inc (DHI)	26.01	-0.42	7.54 M
Lennar Corporation (LEN)	43.40	2.62	7.00 M
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV)	6.10	2.69	6.62 M
Masco Corporation (MAS)	22.17	1.46	5.05 M
Standard Pacific Corp (SPF)	9.47	1.18	4.96 M
KB Home (KBH)	23.40	1.56	4.03 M
Real Goods Solar Inc. (RSOL)	4.24	-10.74	3.78 M

Company	Last	%CHNG	Mkt Cap
Waste Management Inc (WM)	42.30	-0.05	$20.0 B
CRH PLC (CRH)	21.19	0.52	$16.0 B
Fastenal Company (FAST)	51.87	1.51	$15.4 B
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX)	11.51	-0.09	$12.9 B
Republic Services Inc (RSG)	34.71	0.46	$12.7 B
Fluor Corporation (FLR)	64.93	-0.11	$10.7 B
Stericycle Incorporated (SRCL)	111.28	0.32	$9.7 B
PulteGroup Inc (PHM)	22.53	0.45	$8.9 B
DR Horton Inc (DHI)	26.01	-0.42	$8.5 B
Masco Corporation (MAS)	22.17	1.46	$7.9 B

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04:31PM 05/23/13

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages dropped Thursday after a choppy trading session, as investors worried the Federal Reserve would scale back stimulus and China could be headed for a slowdown.

A better-than-expected jobless claims report gave way to worries that the labor market was indeed improving and would encourage the Federal Reserve to taper its bond-buying program. Manufacturing data in China indicated an unexpected contraction in manufacturing activity in the country, culminating into the steepest decline for the Nikkei 225 in Japan since the aftermath of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in March 2011. The index closed down 7.3%.

"We had about a 3% intraday move to the downside from yesterday's high to today's low based upon what came out of the Fed yesterday," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors. Equities did retrace from their intraday lows by midday. "This market has gone vertically . . . and this is the most hated rally in the history of the stock market . . . and I expect down 3% some cash started to come into the market at the margin." ...

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