How did subprime loans become rated AAA? - Dave Johnson

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How did subprime loans become rated AAA?
Mar 02, 2009 01:21 AM UTC

Dave Johnson

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Via The Trading Digest:

Great article in Wired (just started subscribing, recommend it) about the math behind the models that the rating agencies were using to create AAA investments out of subprime loans.

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