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I've been all-in on Fannie Mae preferred stock for 12 years. My options record is 1W-8L. Here's why I'm still holding.

Before you call me an idiot — fair. I've documented every single trade publicly, including the losses. My entire net worth is in 26 series of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac junior preferred shares.

But the thesis hasn't changed: the government illegally swept all profits from two solvent companies since 2012. That's now being unwound. 300+ SeekingAlpha articles, all receipts public.

Here's my full breakdown of why I'm still holding after 12 years and a 1W-8L options record:

https://glenbradford.com/why-i-hold

Position: 100% GSE junior preferred (yes, really)
Options record: 1W-8L (yes, really)
SeekingAlpha articles: 300+
Net worth at risk: all of it

Not financial advice. I'm literally a cautionary tale with conviction.

I documented 2,068 trades over 4 years in GSE preferred stock. Here's the data.

I exported my entire Schwab trading history and built an analysis page with every transaction — buys, sells, options, the works. No cherry-picking, no highlight reel.

Key stats:
- 2,068 total transactions (2020-2024)
- Concentrated in Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac junior preferred
- Options record: 1W-8L (I lead with the losses)
- Average position holding period, win/loss distribution, and timing analysis all included

The full interactive breakdown with charts and every trade listed:

https://glenbradford.com/trading-analysis

I also wrote up my 8 biggest trading lessons (most learned the hard way):
https://glenbradford.com/trading-lessons

Not financial advice. Just radical transparency from someone who believes you should be able to verify every claim an investor makes.

GSE Catalyst Tracker: Everything happening with Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac privatization in 2026

If you're following the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac situation, I've been maintaining a catalyst tracker with every major development — court rulings, executive orders, FHFA actions, Treasury statements, and legislative activity.

Latest developments:
- March 2026 Executive Order naming FHFA directly
- FSOC activities-based approach implications for GSE reform
- Treasury recapitalization framework discussions
- Ongoing litigation updates

Everything sourced with links to primary documents:

https://glenbradford.com/gse-catalyst-tracker

I've been covering this story since 2013 with 300+ SeekingAlpha articles. Not financial advice — just trying to be the most comprehensive free resource on GSE reform.

I built 33 free financial calculators. No ads, no signup required.

Got tired of every calculator site being plastered with ads and requiring email signups before showing results. So I built my own and made them all free.

What's included:
- FIRE Calculator (5 variants: Lean, Regular, Fat, Barista, Coast)
- 401k Calculator with employer match optimization
- Savings Rate Calculator
- Investment Fee Calculator (shows how 1% fees compound over decades)
- Net Worth Percentile by Age
- Salary to Net Worth comparison
- Coast FIRE Calculator
- Stock Return Calculator (any ticker, any time period)
- 50/30/20 Budget Rule calculator
- And 20+ more

All calculators: https://glenbradford.com/calculators

No accounts, no paywalls, no "enter your email to see results." Just math.

Built with Next.js, runs entirely in your browser. Open source vibes, closed source code.

300+ Seeking Alpha articles later, here's my actual track record (wins AND losses)

I've been publishing investment analysis on SeekingAlpha since 2005. Rather than letting people cherry-pick my record, I documented everything on one page — every major call, every outcome, with links to the original articles.

Highlights:
- Called the 2009 market bottom (documented)
- Warned about Chinese stock fraud... then lost money in CCME anyway (also documented)
- Multi-hundred-percent return on Yellow Media preferred
- All-in on Fannie/Freddie junior preferred since 2013 (ongoing)

The full timeline with links to every original article:
https://glenbradford.com/track-record

My worst trades, documented with pain meters:
https://glenbradford.com/worst-trades

I don't respect investors who only show their winners. Here's all of it — 20 years of receipts.

I ranked every billionaire's daily routine and scored their "superpowers" — it's completely unhinged

Started as a joke and turned into a 157-billionaire deep dive where I scored each one on three dimensions and gave them RPG-style superpowers.

Some highlights:
- Elon Musk's superpower: "Reality Distortion Field (Industrial Grade)"
- Warren Buffett's daily routine is literally just reading and drinking Cherry Coke
- I made fake LinkedIn profiles for historical figures (Caesar's endorsements are chef's kiss)
- There's a "Guess the Billionaire" quiz that's harder than you'd think
- Billionaire Tech Support tickets (Jeff Bezos submitting a ticket about same-day delivery to his own house)

The full billionaire rankings: https://glenbradford.com/top-25-richest-people
Guess the Billionaire quiz: https://glenbradford.com/guess-the-billionaire
Billionaire Tech Support: https://glenbradford.com/billionaire-tech-support
Historical LinkedIn: https://glenbradford.com/historical-linkedin

Fair warning: this site is a rabbit hole. I have 960+ pages and counting.

TIL McDonald's ice cream machines are always broken because Taylor Company makes millions from exclusive repair contracts. A startup called Kytch fixed the problem, and McDonald's allegedly conspired with Taylor to shut them down. The FTC is investigating.

Kytch built a $100 device that plugged into the Taylor machines and actually told franchisees what was wrong — in plain English instead of cryptic error codes. The machines weren't really "broken" most of the time; Taylor just made them impossible to fix without calling an authorized (and expensive) technician. McDonald's then sent a blast email to every franchisee in the country warning them to remove Kytch devices immediately, calling them a "safety hazard." Kytch is now suing McDonald's for $900 million, alleging that Taylor copied their technology and that McDonald's helped kill their business to protect the repair contract racket.

The full breakdown with the timeline, the FTC investigation, and the $900M lawsuit:

https://glenbradford.com/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine

A complete timeline of Boeing's whistleblower problem — from the 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people to the door plug blowout, internal emails ('designed by clowns'), and the whistleblower who was found dead

The pattern is staggering when you lay it all out in order. Engineers warned about safety shortcuts. Management overruled them to hit production targets. The FAA delegated inspection authority to Boeing itself. Two planes crashed and 346 people died. Then the internal emails surfaced — Boeing employees literally wrote "this airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys." A door plug blew off a 737 MAX 9 mid-flight in January 2024. And whistleblower John Barnett, who had been raising alarms for years, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during his deposition against Boeing.

The full timeline with every whistleblower, every warning, and every failure:

https://glenbradford.com/boeing-whistleblowers

In 2017, Equifax lost 147 million Americans' SSNs, birth dates, and addresses. Executives sold $1.8M in stock before telling anyone. The CEO retired with $90M. The settlement worked out to $0.35 per person. Nobody went to jail.

Equifax knew about the Apache Struts vulnerability for months before the breach. Internal security flagged it. They didn't patch it. When the breach finally became public, it came out that three executives had sold $1.8 million in stock in the days after the breach was discovered internally but before it was announced publicly. The SEC investigated. The DOJ investigated. The CEO "retired" with a $90 million golden parachute. The class action settlement? $575 million — which sounds big until you divide it by 147 million people. That's $0.35 per person whose Social Security number is now permanently compromised.

The full timeline with every failure, every stock sale, and the aftermath:

https://glenbradford.com/equifax-breach-timeline

The complete Theranos timeline: Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford at 19, raised $700M for blood-testing tech that never worked, got Henry Kissinger on the board, and is now serving 11 years in prison. The company was valued at $9 billion.

The board of directors reads like a who's who of American power: Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Jim Mattis, Sam Nunn. None of them had any medical or technology background. Holmes modeled herself after Steve Jobs — black turtleneck, deepened voice, reality distortion field. The technology was supposed to run hundreds of blood tests from a single finger prick. It couldn't reliably run even one. When employees raised concerns, they were fired, threatened with lawsuits, or both. Walgreens rolled out Theranos "Wellness Centers" in 40 stores. Patients received inaccurate results for serious conditions. The whole thing unraveled when a WSJ reporter and a whistleblower refused to back down.

The full timeline from Stanford dropout to federal prison:

https://glenbradford.com/theranos-timeline

In 2013, a teenager measured a Subway footlong and it was 11 inches. This led to a class action lawsuit. The settlement? Subway agreed to... measure their bread. Lawyers got $520K. Customers got nothing.

An Australian teenager named Matt Corby posted a photo on Facebook of his Subway footlong next to a tape measure. It was 11 inches. The photo went viral. Customers started measuring their own subs and posting the results. Most were short. This triggered a class action lawsuit that dragged on for years. The initial settlement required Subway to — and this is real — "implement practices to ensure that bread is measured." That's it. No refunds. No free subs. Lawyers got $520,000. The court initially rejected the settlement as worthless, but it was eventually upheld on appeal. Subway's defense? "Footlong" was "not intended to be a measurement of length."

The full absurd timeline:

https://glenbradford.com/subway-footlong-scandal

I did the math on what Disney World actually costs a family of 4 in 2026 vs 2019. FastPass used to be free. Now "Lightning Lane" costs $25-35/person/day ON TOP of tickets. Total day: $900+ vs $450.

Here's the breakdown: In 2019, a single-day ticket was around $109-129/person and FastPass+ was included free with every ticket — you could book 3 rides in advance, no extra charge. Disney eliminated FastPass in 2021 and replaced it with Lightning Lane, which costs $15-35 per person per day depending on the park and season. For a family of 4, that's an extra $60-140 just to skip lines that used to be free. Add in parking ($30), food ($150+ for a family), and the fact that base tickets now start at $119-189/person, and you're looking at $900+ for a single day vs roughly $450 in 2019. That's a 100% increase in 7 years — roughly 5x the rate of inflation.

Full cost comparison with charts and the math:

https://glenbradford.com/disney-lightning-lane