If you have a mortgage, you may be unknowingly participating in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). That is, your home loan may be part of a pool of mortgages that has been packaged ...

Book-turned-film 'The Big Short' made stars of Wall Street traders who shorted the U.S. housing market. Now, they focus on ...

In the early 2000s, predatory lenders took advantage of consumers who believed that a big part of the ... during this period as well. Mortgage-backed securities contained thousands of subprime ...

The mall trade, which also led to handsome profits for the billionaire Carl Icahn, has been dubbed the Big Short 2.0 ... was a trader of commercial-mortgage-backed securities at UBS.

Mortgage REITs, or mREITs, provide real estate financing by originating or purchasing mortgages or mortgage-backed securities ... there's a wide spread between short-term interest rates (where ...

Although the fund’s duration typically stays within a half year of the Bloomberg US Mortgage-Backed Securities ... approach can lead to big swings over a short period in its MBS exposure ...

Mortgage real estate investment trusts (mortgage REITs or mREITs) are specialized types of real estate investment trusts that generate income by investing in mortgage loans or mortgage-backed ...

For example, lenders can make money from closing costs, origination fees, mortgage-backed securities, and more. When homebuyers educate themselves on these methods, they may be able to save ...

Although the fund’s duration typically stays within a half year of the Bloomberg US Mortgage-Backed Securities ... approach can lead to big swings over a short period in its MBS exposure ...