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Constellation Energy Plummets, GE Vernova Rises, Fannie & Freddie Fall

Jan 16, 20264 min
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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Constellation Energy (CEG) shares are dropping after the Trump administration and several states laid out a plan intended to compel technology companies to effectively fund the construction of new power plants as a way to tame surging consumer utility bills while aiding the development of data centers. The unprecedented plan has two ambitious goals: First, it aims to accelerate the construction of new power plants — specifically those capable of providing round-the-clock power like natural gas — needed to supply data centers that are crucial to the artificial intelligence boom. And second, it seeks to address growing tensions over who will bear the costs of rising electricity demand as consumers face higher utility bills. Shares of the largest independent power producers slid. Vistra Corp. declined as much at 9.5%, Talen Energy Corp. slipped as much as 11% and Constellation Energy Corp. dropped as much as 10%.

- GE Vernova (GEV) traded higher on the major energy shakeup. Jeffries analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith sees GE Vernova as the clearest winner from these plans as PJM transmission and distribution companies will have less pressure on bills and potential regulated distribution. Shares of the company rose over 7%. 

- Freddie Mac (FMCC) and Fannie Mae (FNMA) shares are on an extended days-long losing streaks after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte cheered President Trump’s decision not to sell the mortgage-finance companies during his first term. Earlier this week, shares of both mortgage-finance giants sunk to their lowest levels since late November as investors continued to assess the impact of a slew of economic proposals from President Trump that are linked to housing.

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Speaker 1

Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News.

Speaker 2

The Stock Movers Report, your roundup of companies making moves in the stock market, harnessing the power of Bloomberg Data.

Speaker 3

I'm Carol Masser along with Tim Steadoveeco on it gets Lost occasionally. Let's get to some stocks on the move today. Bloomberg News Equities reporter Carmen Roynekey, who never gets lost, always on it, always on it, Big store today. It's something that's definitely taken up a lot of our brain time today, and that is the energy sector.

Speaker 4

Yeah, so we're seeing some you know, winners and losers emerge. So I'm looking at shares of Constellation Energy ticker CEG and ge Vernova GeV. So Constellation is down almost twelve percent right now. This is the worst intra day drop since April fourth, so you know, in the midst of Liberation Day tariff sell off. Gevnova on the flip side is up more than six percent. So basically this is who traders are picking as winners and losers from the

emergency wholesale electricity auction. So that would require technology companies to pay for power. So an analyst said, gie Vernova is the clearest winner from these plans, as PGM transmission and distribution companies will have less pressure on bills and potential regulated distribution.

Speaker 3

I would say TVD, this is tricky and none of this stuff's going to happen overnight.

Speaker 1

That's that's exactly where auction hasn't happened. It doesn't take to How long.

Speaker 5

Does it take to get your hands on one of these gas turbines from g Vernova.

Speaker 3

I mean, this one's been on fire for a while to this company because there has been demanded generally.

Speaker 1

Yeah, all right, good stuff, good stuff. We like that. Take us to Draft Kings and Flutter Entertainment.

Speaker 4

So shares of both Draft Kings dk n G and Flutter Entertainment f l UT, which owns fan Duel, are down today, both more than five percent. So new state data from New York suggested that they might be losing ground to competing products from prediction markets. So this is you know, calshy poly market. They obviously have a lot of stuff around financial contracts tied to the outcome of sports game. So it's just another way that people can be betting on this.

Speaker 3

Well, thanks to you guys in Bloomberg News, right, we've talked a lot about how the gambling right and the sports gaming side of the prediction markets.

Speaker 1

That's a big part of their business, even.

Speaker 5

Robin Hood's prediction markets, Like you can buy stocks and do prediction markets on Robinhood too. I mean, the stuff's happening everywhere.

Speaker 4

Yeah, totally all.

Speaker 1

Right, so interesting stuff.

Speaker 3

This is a story that again TBD Fanny Freddy what might be their ultimate outcome here?

Speaker 4

Yeah, so we're seeing big sell offs in both stocks. So Fanny is down five days in a row, Freddy is down seven days in a row. So basically what's happening.

Speaker 1

Is Fanning down nine and a half percent.

Speaker 4

Yeah, yeah, big drop today. They're sort of mounting unease out the impact of Trump's policy moves, especially on the

effort for these companies to IPO. So they've been in government control since the financial crisis, and some optimism that lifted the stock last year was this idea of an IPO and so now with you know, efforts to release mortgage finance giants, you know, from the government control, people are just feeling a little bit unsure if that's really going to happen or what might you know come next Listen.

Speaker 1

This has been I feel like a difficult history.

Speaker 3

Right these quasi publicly traded entities, then not and then what do you do with them? But I don't know. I don't know if you continue to make them as publicly traded entities, I don't know how that kind of gets in the way of what their their mission is, right, if the focus is on profitability and everything else is a public I don't know.

Speaker 1

I just think it's tricky, So.

Speaker 2

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