Friday, May 22, 2009

AAA-rated commercial mortgage backed securities, a key component of bank portfolios, continues to soar

TO BE NOTED: From Inner Workings:

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Commercial real estate debt rally continues May 22nd, 2009
By
David Goldman

The Markit indices of AAA-rated commercial mortgage backed securities, a key component of bank portfolios, continues to soar:

This is why banks can earn enough to keep one nostril out of the water, as I told Tom Keene on Bloomberg News on Tuesday — distressed assets yield enough to compensate for high losses elsewhere. The zombie strategy, in short, is working out just dandily, thank you. This means: No collapse of US national credit for the time being, and lower volatility (hedging costs) overall — but NOT economic growth."

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