FNM Fannie Mae stock 9/03/08 - FNM Stock Breaking out

Fannie Mae ( FNM ) is breaking out to $7.65 early in trading today as the comapny has sold 2 billion dollars worth of bills, CNBC says this is a sign that things are no so bad with Fannie Mae FNM.

FNM the largest U.S. home funding source, said on Wednesday it sold $2 billion of short-term debt at lower interest rates compared with a week earlier.
The company sold $1 billion of three-month benchmark bills due Dec. 3, 2008 at a stop-out rate, or lowest accepted rate of 2.553 percent and $1 billion of six-month bills due March 4, 2009 at a 2.858 percent stop-out rate.

The three-month bills were priced at 99.355 and have a money market yield of 2.570 percent, and the six-month bills were priced at 98.555 and have a money market yield of 2.900 percent, according to Fannie Mae.

On Aug. 27, Fannie Mae sold $1 billion of three-month bills at a 2.580 percent stop-out rate and $1 billion of six-month bills at a 2.870 percent stop-out rate.