Session 15: Fixed Income: Structured Securities Reading 55: Mortgage-Backed Sector of the Bond Market
LOS i: Evaluate the risk characteristics and the relative performance of each type of CMO tranche, given changes in the interest rate environment.
Which of the following statements regarding collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) is FALSE:
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The Z-tranche or accrual tranche does not receive current interest until the other tranches have been paid off. | |
B) |
CMOs perfectly protect investors against contraction risk but do not protect against extension risk. | |
C) |
CMOs are securities issued against passthrough securities for which the cash flows have been reallocated to different bond classes called tranches. | |
CMOs do not perfectly protect investors against contraction risk. They offer some protection against both contraction and extension risks, but not perfect protection against either.
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