Non-Agency Mortgage Bond Holdings Jump $48 Billion at Big Banks

Story date: 2008-02-21 10:24:00
Added on: 2008-02-21 12:01:19

Bloomberg - ... S. commercial banks with the largest portfolios of mortgage-backed securities boosted holdings of ``non-agency'' home ... most-senior commercial-mortgage securities or agency mortgage bonds, despite some of the highest- ever yields over benchmark rates ...


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