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MBS

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Noun — A mortgage-backed security: an investment made up of a bundle of home loans, whose value comes from the repayments the borrowers make.

How to Use Mbs

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agency MBS subprime MBS MBS market residential MBS

Written form, common in financial and news writing; spell it out on first use because the expansions differ so much.

Etymology

An initialism, expanded differently in each field.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between MBS and ABS?

An MBS is backed specifically by mortgages on property. An ABS, or asset-backed security, is the wider category backed by other kinds of debt such as car loans, credit-card balances or student loans.

Are mortgage-backed securities safe?

They carry the risk that borrowers stop repaying and that interest rates move against you. Agency MBS guaranteed by government-sponsored bodies are treated as low risk, while private-label subprime MBS were at the centre of the 2008 financial crisis.

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