Mortgage Backed Securities, CDO/CLO's: Made easy

In this week’s continuation, we look back at Mortgage Backed Securities, and what they’re become.

A giant pool of money…

Mortgage Backed Securities/Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO/CLO) are big complex ideas - but are simple when broken down. These "American Life" broadcasts discuss how money is made off of bad investments and when prices go down. And the article below discusses the CLO market as of June 2018... to quote their summary:

"As of June 30, the S&P/LSTA Index imputed default rate was 1.28%, the highest level in 2018 but still very close to the levels last seen in November 2007."

All while the housing sector of CLO's sees a decline, and the spreads are very reminiscent of Nov/Oct 2007. In short, if CLO's are any indicator, a market retraction on the order of 2008 may not make it to the 2020 that experts are predicting.

A look at the 2008 CDO market: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/355/the-giant-pool-of-money

1 year later, a look at the CDO market: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/…/return-to-the-giant-pool…

A 2018 look at the CDO market: https://www.tcw.com/…/Monthly_Commenta…/07-10-18_Loan_Review

The NYC market is currently softening, with trends similar to 2009: https://www.cnbc.com/…/nyc-real-estate-becomes-a-buyers-mar…

A entertaining look at the most damaging financial event since the Great Depression.

This movie gives a dramatic look at what we reported last week in a fun to watch, easy to laugh through, and deeply disturbing look at how bad the bad actors in the real estate market got. When you look at this in correlation to recent data that mortgage fraud is on the rise, it paints a difficult picture to look at.

The Big Short: a true story. Its well worth the watch.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/

Mortgage fraud risk spikes in Q2 2018: https://www.housingwire.com/…/46820-corelogic-mortgage-frau…

Four financial experts who called the 2008's collapse and their thoughts on the current market: 
https://www-barrons-com.cdn.ampproject.org/…/financial-cris…

The $1.5 Trillion student debt crisis:
https://www.forbes.com/…/student-loan-debt-statistics-2018/…

2008 vs. 2020: What can we learn from the past to protect our future?

What does the housing market have to do with plot of the movie "The Producers?"

One of the lies that was told during/after the housing crisis of 2008 is that "No one saw it coming!" However, some did, and warned the world loudly. Many in the financial markets knew and made billions. In the coming weeks we will look at the macro housing market, by looking back, and looking at lessons that we can learn. Now 10 years later, real estate professionals nationwide are warning that the lessons we learned in 2008 are being forgotten, and that the odds of another financial collapse are rising, and estimated by the majority by Q1 2020.

A number of great reporters have done an amazing job at presenting this information to the public over the past 10 years. We encourage you to take a listen/read/watch at this compilation of how the housing market of the United States brought the world to its knees, in hopes that we can avoid another collapse. When banks are allowed to bet against homeowners... its a recipe for disaster. With mortgage fraud on the rise and the legislation (Dodd Frank) that aimed to restrict this behavior targeted for repeal, you have to ask why?

A deep look at the 2008 crisis: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/405/inside-job

Two former Fed Chairmen predict a crash in 2020:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencelight/2018/07/31/4-financial-savants-warn-about-the-great-crash-of-2020/#2de307cc6197

Mortgage fraud on the rise:
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/46820-corelogic-mortgage-fraud-risk-spiked-in-the-second-quarter?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=housingwire

Promises of Dodd Frank repeal continue:  https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/trump-signs-bank-bill-rolling-back-some-dodd-frank-regulations.html

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