Countrywide
Countrywide Financial Corp
CFC

takeover, if it were to happen, would be “brilliant,” Cramer said. It would take Countrywide off the government’s hands and it’s a windfall for BoA (the stock was up on the news of the talks). A deal like this would be unlikely under normal circumstances for antitrust reasons since both companies have such huge mortgage businesses, but these are not normal circumstances.