A Primer on Securitization Securitization is one of those words that means nothing to the vast majority of humans and yet, unbeknownst to them, their financial lives intersect with securitization on a regular basis. If you have a mortgage, chances are very good that mortgage has been bundled with other…
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Thanks to those of you who generously took the time to fill out the survey that I sent out earlier…
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