Did You Know??? Stock Exchanges - 5

   

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited is the leading stock exchange of India, located in Mumbai.
The NSE was established in 1992 as the first demutualized electronic exchange in the country.
NSE was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen-based electronic trading system which offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across the length and breadth of the country

Did You Know??? Stock Exchanges - 4

NASDAQ : National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations,
a computerized system for trading in securities.
The Nasdaq Stock Market is an American stock exchange.
It is the second-largest exchange in the world by market capitalization, behind only the New York Stock Exchange.
The exchange platform is owned by Nasdaq, Inc., which also owns the Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic stock market network and several other US stock and options exchanges.

Did You Know??? Stock Exchanges - 3

The London Stock Exchange, or LSE, was formed around 300 years ago and today lists about 2,600 companies from 55 countries.
Many large US companies that are listed on American exchanges also list on the London Stock Exchange - General Electric is one example.

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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the "Big Board", is by far the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed.

What is FreddieMac?

'Freddie Mac - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp - FHLMC'

Freddie Mac is a government-owned corporation that buys mortgages and packages them into mortgage-backed securities.
Its official title is the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or FHLMC.

Banks use the funds received from Freddie to make new loans to homebuyers. That boosts the housing market and allows more Americans to become homeowners.

The FHLMC gives banks the ability to create 30-year mortgages.

Freddie Mac (FHLMC) is a stockholder-owned, government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) chartered by Congress in 1970 to keep money flowing to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing for middle income Americans.

The FHLMC purchases, guarantees and securitizes mortgages to form mortgage-backed securities. The mortgage-backed securities that it issues tend to be very liquid and carry a credit rating close to that of U.S. Treasuries.

Trump Economics anyone??? Part III

5. Trade
Trump wants more consumers -- in the United States and around the globe -- to buy American.
And it looks like that's starting to happen.
The trade deficit fell slightly in June from three months ago, to $43.6 billion. That's the lowest since just before the election.
America's suddenly vibrant oil industry is a big reason the balance is shifting. Thanks to technologies like fracking, the United States exported more crude in June and imported less.
Exports to Canada and Mexico rose in June, too, a possible sign that Trump's tough talk is working with America's two big North American trading partners.
China is still a sore spot. The U.S. trade deficit with China is up more than 6% this year.

6. Stocks
An undeniable win for the president. Fears of a market collapse under Trump have proved to be misguided.
The Dow keeps hitting records and is up 12% this year.
And the blue chips are lagging.
The Nasdaq has surged nearly 20% thanks to big gains in Amazon, Apple, Google owner Alphabet  and Facebook (FB, Tech30).
For now, Wall Street is willing to ignore the turmoil in the Trump administration.
Investors are hoping for eventual changes to the tax code and deregulation of the financial industry.
Strong earnings don't hurt, either. Profits for the companies in the S&P 500 are up more than 10% from a year ago.

Trump Economics anyone??? Part II

3. Lending
Consumers aren't borrowing just to buy homes. They're taking on debt for cars and using credit cards for lots of other things.
Americans had $3.843 trillion in loans outstanding in May, up from $3.766 trillion at the end of last year, according to the Fed.
And businesses are borrowing more, reversing a trend from earlier this year.
That could be a good sign for Trump and the economy.
Consumers can't prop up the economy alone: Companies need to pull their weight and invest.

4. Consumer spending
Big stores including Macy's, Kohl's and J.C. Penney report earnings this week, and the results could be lousy.
The dominance of Amazon is one reason.
But Americans may also be spending less on clothes, toys and other smaller purchases -- even though they're taking out more loans.
Retail sales fell 0.2% in June. Economists were expecting a slight increase.
And overall consumer spending was up just 0.1% in June.
Spending has increased 2.8% over the past 12 months, a bit below the 3% pace many experts feel is necessary to keep the economy on track.