Archive for June 12th, 2008

Sub-Prime mortgage instruments are not good investment instruments?

Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Eddy T asked:

A mortgage is a legal agreement by which Banks lend you money to buy a house.
Speculators turn mortgages into financial instruments for investors world-wide to invest to make profits.
US Sub-Prime Mortgage crisis and the credit crunch arose mainly because ‘economic factors’ effecting their values were ignored by investment analysts.

Question posted courtesy of: Martin
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