Processing Mortgage-Backed Securities

Author: Louis J. Karcher
List Price: $39.50
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ISBN: 0137236859
Publisher: New York Institute of Finance (March, 2000)
Sales Rank: 476,954
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
THE Standard for MBS Processing
This book is the standard reference for the back office processing of mortgage backed (specifically passthru) securities. The mechanics of passthru trading are extremely peculiar, and like no other traded security in the world. Ironically, though passthrus are extremely simple securities, the process through which they are cleared is more complicated than that of their derivatives (CMO's, IO's, PO's, etc.). This book, takes you through the process in a clear and intuitive manner. If one were designing a trading system for MBS, this book is the blueprint.

However, the book is PAINFULLY boring. To be fair this is the fault of the subject matter, and not the author. This is not a book about the mortgage markets -- it is about the back and middle office. Do not buy this book unless you are actively engaged in, soon to be engaged in, or are bizarrely interested in the clearing of mortgage backed securities. You will find it unreadable otherwise.

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