@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up11.41Kfile-text
arrow-up11.4Kmessage-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square226fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink32•edit-21 year agoI always thought this for the financial market: Standard & Poor Moody The Fed (as in, the past tense of feed)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agofannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•1 year agoThose are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring. “Fannie Mae” is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). “Freddie Mac” is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoTIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.
I always thought this for the financial market: Standard & Poor
Moody
The Fed (as in, the past tense of feed)
fannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me
Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring.
“Fannie Mae” is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). “Freddie Mac” is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.