ZEEV did you know that 80% of their loans are not backed by government guarantees. Since there are no options to hedge risk, if small cap funds which own 60% of AGM sold, those shares were probably immeadiately sold short by the market makers. I doubt that the majority of holders of AGM pre May 17 are coming back to the table real soon if ever since it doesn't pay a dividend.
If I were a maket maker short AGM, I would continue to bet against it. AGM is no different then Ameresco, First Capital Financial or any other highly leveraged mortgage company that are not with us anymore when times got tough.
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Credit Risk. The outstanding principal balance of loans held and securities guaranteed by Farmer Mac as of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 is summarized in the table below.
March 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
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(in thousands)
Farmer Mac I:
Post-1996 Act $ 3,781,971 $ 3,542,976
Pre-1996 Act 41,414 48,979
Farmer Mac II 592,835 595,156
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Total $ 4,416,220 $ 4,187,111
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Farmer Mac assumes 100 percent of the credit risk on post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans; pre-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans back securities that are supported by mandatory 10 percent first loss subordinated interests that mitigate credit exposure; Farmer Mac II loans are guaranteed by the USDA. Farmer Mac believes it has little or no credit risk exposure to pre-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans because of the first loss subordinated interests related to pools of those loans, or to Farmer Mac II loans because of the USDA guarantee.
As of March 31, 2002, post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans that were 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure or in bankruptcy represented 2.32 percent of the outstanding principal balance of all post-1996 Act Farmer Mac I loans, compared to 2.62 percent as of March 31, 2001 and 1.70 percent as of December 31, 2001. Farmer Mac anticipates fluctuations in the delinquency rate from quarter to quarter, with higher levels likely as of March 31 and September 30 of each year due to the semi-annual payment characteristics of most Farmer Mac loans.
The following table shows Farmer Mac I delinquencies distributed by post-1996 Act loans and pre-1996 Act loans.
Farmer Mac I Delinquencies (1) (2)
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Post-1996 Act Pre-1996 Act Total
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As of:
March 31, 2002 2.32% 5.83% 2.37%
December 31, 2001 1.70% 7.00% 1.79%
September 30, 2001 2.16% 4.66% 2.21%
June 30, 2001 1.72% 3.69% 1.77%
March 31, 2001 2.62% 5.83% 2.72%
December 31, 2000 1.25% 6.49% 1.44%
September 30, 2000 1.80% 5.55% 1.96%
June 30, 2000 1.25% 4.12% 1.41%
March 31, 2000 1.45% 4.89% 1.65%
(1) Includes loans 90 days or more past due, in foreclosure or in bankruptcy.
(2) Farmer Mac assumes 100 percent of the credit risk on post-1996 Act loans.
Pre-1996 Act loans back securities that are supported by unguaranteed first
loss subordinated interests representing approximately 10 percent of the
balance of the loans backing each security.
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