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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the value guys threw this party, so respect the hosts.

Sometimes you just feel beaten into being positive. You just say, "OK, enough, I will accept the positives as they are being put out, not as I believe they are."

That's how I felt yesterday about Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) (Cramer's Take). The company put out financials yesterday that looked better than expected, and for once I didn't question whether they were.

I didn't because the earnings from so many of the feckless players -- the Fannies (NYSE: FNM) (Cramer's Take), the Washington Mutuals (NYSE: WM) (Cramer's Take) the MBIAs (NYSE: MBI) (Cramer's Take) and the Ambacs (NYSE: ABK) (Cramer's Take) -- are all being greeted with a bizarre positive response, so bizarre that I bought into the "better than expected" rhetoric because I don't want to fight the value guys who are in control right now.

Elsewhere on the site, Doug Kass has been putting up some very strong arguments that numbers from the likes of Freddie are less than meets the eye.

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Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) is recently trading at $15.50 in pre-open trading, above its close of $14.16. CNBC reported JPM in talks to buy WM. WM shares have sold off from a price of $44 in May on consumer and small business economic concerns.

WM will report EPS on January 17th. WM January 15 straddle is priced at $2.65. WM overall option implied volatility of 95 is above its 26-week average of 52 according to Track Data, suggesting larger risk.

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) closed at $41.31. JPM will report EPS on January 16th. JPM January straddle is priced at $3.25. JPM February option implied volatility of 45 is above its 26-week average of 32 according to Track Data, suggesting larger risk.

Options Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options update 1-11-08: WaMu volatility aggressive amid buyout speculation originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the price of no more rate cuts from the Fed would be foreclosures. Lots of them.

Have you noticed that MBIA (NYSE: MBI) (Cramer's Take) and Ambac Financial (NYSE: ABK) (Cramer's Take) are just being crushed today?

More important, has the Fed noticed?

Lots of people have asked me where I came up with the $500 billion loss number I've been mentioning. Here's the deal: A large group of people, 50% of the 14 million homebuyers, are going to default on their "2 and 28" adjusted-rate mortgages now that they are being reset. Many of these people paid for the 2% with home equity loans that they can't pay back.

Think of those millions of no-money-down ads. Those worked! These people can't pay now that the resets are in the house. Others, allegedly AAA borrowers, will find themselves defaulting, and the insurance won't be paid. That's horrible, but that's what the stocks are saying.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: No rate cut? No relief originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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