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Mortgage securities: They aren"t all lemons

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Friday, 29 May 2009 08:00

Investors in mortgage securities swung from irrational exuberance to equally irrational pessism. Not long ago, they seemed to have concluded that just about every house in America was going to be foreclosed on. Now some rationality is returning. People are realizing that there is some real value in some of the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities that were issued during the go-go years, 2004-2007. Notice I said "some," not all. There are plenty of losses left to be felt in the housing market. I wrote about investors" efforts to pick out the sweet fruit from the lemons in a news story. Let me know what you think.

Sterling hits new high for year

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Friday, 29 May 2009 07:46

Russia: Village accidentally shelled; no injuries (AP)

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Friday, 29 May 2009 07:21

Party worried about health of Myanmar"s Suu Kyi (AP)

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Friday, 29 May 2009 07:19

AP - Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urgently needs medical attention in the prison where she is being held during her trial, her party said Friday.