apex silver mines

Apex Silver Mines (AMEX: SIL) 70% HIGHER; appearing on StreetInsider.com's mid-day movers for the second day in a row, Apex is surging more today than it did yesterday.

From Friday's close, Apex is up more than 200%. Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) 54.4% HIGHER; investors may be buying Fannie and Freddie today on hopes that the meeting on Capital Hill will produce results.

Notably, both Fannie and Freddie have jumped over the $1.00 psychological level today and have held this ground.

Apex Silver Mines (AMEX: SIL) 64.8% HIGHER; the price of silver for October delivery has spiked nearly 8% today as commodities across the board are moving significantly higher.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: AGM) 47% LOWER; in a Form 8-K filed this morning, Farmer Mac disclosed that it owns as part of its portfolio of non-program investments $60 million principal amount of senior debt securities issued by Lehman Brothers, of which $40 million matures in November 2009 and $20 million matures in May 2010.