Summary: Collateral dominates structure. Page from Alchemy treatise, c. 1300. Source: Wikipedia That’s an investor’s way of saying that you can’t turn lead into gold. It’s been an investment theme of mine for as long as I’ve been managing money. I started my investment career trading bonds in the mid-‘80s. Mortgage-Backed Securities were a new thing. Investors were starting to learn about prepayment risk, as interest rates fell and borrowers refinanced their double-digit mortgages. All those full-faith-and-credit Ginnie […]
