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The big issues today are Fannie/Freddie and Gustav.

After the bell, Fannie Mae

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[FNM  Loading...      ()   ] was halted as it announced several management changes, including a new CFO (David Hisey, previously Sr. VP and Controller), Chief Risk Officer (Michael Shaw, formerly Sr. VP-Credit Risk Management), and Chief Business officer (Peter Niculescu, formerly Exec. VP of Capital Markets).

Note that there are no outsiders being brought in. They need to show that they are serious about the two most important issues: conserving capital and controlling credit losses.

The larger issue today: How serious is Gustav? Assuming a Category 3 hurricane in eastern Louisiana, RBC Capital today estimated it would involve a loss of production of 3 percent of total U.S. crude inventories and 2 percent of natural gas inventories. That is a fairly modest loss. Obviously, if the storm strengthens the damage could be more severe.

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Outside of Gustav, most traders do not feel that the facts are bullish for oil in the near term, absent a major international crises of some sort:

1) Oil remains in $112-$117 range despite Gustav, Russia this is the best it can do?

2) Energy stocks are up modestly but:

--fundamentals weak

--demand down

--domestic production and imports up

Finally, there is an OPEC meeting September 9; don't be surprised if some of the more aggressive members (e.g. Iran) argue for cuts based on oversupply.

One final note: property/casualty stocks, some of which would be directly impacted by Gustav, were up today.

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