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What was the Subprime Meltdown?

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Keywords: 2008, derivatives, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, defaults, high yield, subprime meltdown, solvency issues, subprime loans,

What are Financials Stocks?

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Keywords: stocks, 2008, financials, subprime meltdown,

What is a Housing Bubble?

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Keywords: 2008, speculation, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, subprime meltdown, bubbles, mortgage bubble, bad debt, inherent value,

What is a Mortgagee?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, subprime meltdown, mortgage loans, mortgage bubble, mortgagee, loan officer, loan underwriting, mortgagor, mortgage companies,

What are Housing Bonds?

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Keywords: 2008, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, muni bonds, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT),

What is Freddie Mac?

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Keywords: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, banking institutions, Great Depression, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,

What is the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA)?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, underwater, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs),

What are Mortgage-Backed Securities?

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Keywords: interest rates, financial crisis, U.S. Treasuries, Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), 2008, mortgages, subprime meltdown,

What is a Mortgage Company?

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Keywords: 2008, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, subprime meltdown, mortgage loans, mortgage brokers,

What are Subprime Loans?

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Keywords: Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), 2008, cash flow, securitized, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), prime rate, subprime loans,

What is an Earnings Surprise?

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Keywords: quarterly review, insider trading, market efficiency, positive and negative earnings surprise, front running,

What is Earnings Season?

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Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Earnings Per Share (EPS), quarterly review, fiscal year, earnings forecast, earnings season, positive and negative earnings surprise,

What are “Dark Pools” of Money?

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Keywords: market performance, regulations, institutional investing, illegal trading, dark pools of liquidity,

What was the "Flash Crash"?

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Keywords: market statistics, market scandals, market performance, risk tolerance, volatility,

What is Ginnie Mae?

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Keywords: Freddie Mae, Fannie Mac, Ginnie Mae, Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA),

What is GAAP?

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Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), EBITDA, IFRS, American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB),

What is an Asset-Backed Security?

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Keywords: Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), asset-backed securities, investing, tranches, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), prepayment risk, PAC, royalty income, financial guaranty insurance, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

What are Earnings Estimates?

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Keywords: positive and negative earnings surprise, guidance, bottom line, inherent value,

What are Risk-Weighted Assets?

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Keywords: banking, bank regulation, risk-weighting, corporate bonds, Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio, Basel Accords, capital requirements, capital asset ratio,

When was the Latest Housing Bubble?

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Keywords: market performance, risk tolerance, volatility, real estate investments,

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