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To: goldstategop

Yes, but what happens when the loan has been sold and packaged as an MBS(Mortgage backed security)to your pension fund? Or your mutual fund? What happens then? :)


22 posted on 10/14/2006 7:04:34 PM PDT by Concentrate
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To: Concentrate

"What happens then? :)"

Since you asked...

The hedge fund that bought the risky "C" strip of that MBS will probably NOT make the 25% yield its managers hoped for. MBSs are sold to investors in "strips" that offer higher yields for accepting higher risk. This means that defaults will hit the "C" strip first. Since hedge funds have been voracious buyers of "C" strips, some hedge funds may lose some of the principal they have "invested" in such "C" strips. But really, who cares?

Meanwhile, your pension fund, which has been limited by "the prudent man rule" to buying only "A" strips, will receive its interest and principal exactly as scheduled.

I gather you didn't learn about these financial details from the scare-mongering MSM...


23 posted on 10/19/2006 6:33:12 AM PDT by pfony1
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