Does This Plan Help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investors?

Another day, and another proposed plan on what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The latest plan from a group of Congressmen aims to wind down the two entities and potentially turn them into private insurers, while keeping the governement's hand in housing finance via Ginnie Mae. Would this new plan help or hurt the investors holding the preferred and commons shares?

In this segment of The Motley Fool's everything-financial show, Where the Money Is, Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss the new plan and share what they think is the most important thing to watch going forward.

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