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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: securitized loan pools

securitized loan pools stories: 2 news summaries

Finance Geeks Behind Crisis Hard at Work on a Fix

The inventors of the CDO turn their math minds to better valuations of assets

Feb 23, 09 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The finance-desk math wizards who created the securities behind the market meltdown are now betting they can think their way out of the mess, the Wall Street Journal reports, working to design new systems for pricing bad assets fairly so governments can buy them off of banks’ balance sheets. “... More »

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finance • mortgage backed securities • collateralized debt obligations • securitized loan pools • valuation • financial crisis • toxic assets

Hotline for At-Risk Loans Not So Helpful 

Subprime victims find Hope Now Alliance doesn't live up to billing

Mar 13, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A hotline aimed at helping distressed mortgage borrowers is frequently overwhelmed by caller volume and rarely able to provide substantive aid, MSNBC reports. The Hope Now Alliance—a group of lenders and community groups heavily promoted by President Bush—is designed to improve lender-borrower communication and modify mortgages, most commonly... More »

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foreclosure • mortgage • mortgage backed securities • mortgage lender • subprime crisis • George W. Bush • securitized loan pools • New Hope Alliance

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