securities

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The SEC says any statement that it has approved a securities offering is a criminal offense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Regan said he wanted people who had been expelled from the securities business because they knew how to sell and were motivated to earn money, according to Liddle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

And among the borrowing costs most sensitive to interest-rate volatility are mortgage loans that are packaged into bonds known as mortgage-backed securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

The record volume of margin debt on securities in May, up 8.5% from April and 53.7% year over year.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

What sounded to most investors like a trivial piece of information was to Eisman the big news: Merrill Lynch owned a meaningful amount of subprime mortgage securities.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis