Session 15: Fixed Income: Structured Securities Reading 57: Mortgage-Backed Sector of the Bond Market
LOS k: Compare and contrast agency and nonagency mortgage-backed securities.
All of the following statements regarding nonagency securities are correct EXCEPT:
A) |
the collateral behind nonagency CMOs is a pool of loans. | |
B) |
the collateral behind nonagency collateralized mortgage obligations is passthrough securities. | |
C) |
loans used to back nonagency CMOs are referred to as nonconforming loans. | |
The collateral behind nonagency CMOs is a pool of loans, not passthrough securities. |