Stranger than fiction.

Like fellow government-sponsored entity Fannie Mae, it failed to live up to already dim expectations.

Soft-market declines are compounded by mortgage/bond insurer losses and catastrophe risks.

Here are some of the stocks the ‘Fast Money’ crew has been talking about lately.

Shares edge higher in early trading.

Shares are plunging after it posts a fourth-quarter loss of $29.5 billion.

The economy came to a near standstill in the fourth quarter, according to an unchanged second estimate by the federal government.

Is it time to load up on Office Depot, and invest in Justin Timberlake and Kate Hudson.

Traders await more comments from Bernanke and the preliminary GDP report.

Large repurchases make Cheesecake Factory and Stryker stocks to watch.

The storage hardware company is on TheStreet.com Breakout Stocks’ radar.