Once we get over the glut of shrinking spreads, these stocks will rise based on the new macro-prudential measures the government announced this month.

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However, that goal should be achieved outside of housing finance, through appropriate stabilizing measures by the Federal Reserve and through better prudential regulation, and especially higher capital requirements for large systemic financial institutions.

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