securities
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That is what securitization has done before: Mortgages became securities, loans found new markets, and assets once held on bank balance sheets became investable at enormous scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Given the bank’s roughly 341 trillion rupiah of repo, borrowings, interbank liabilities and securities issued, these sources increase its sensitivity to market conditions and rollover requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
An earnings press release pointed to $658 million in securities investment losses and a 12 percent uptick in expenses, primarily driven by higher compensation and greater spending on technology and marketing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The stock market crashed in 1929, begetting federal securities regulations including the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission — in 1934.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
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