1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453467303321

Autore

Koitz David

Titolo

Seeking middle ground on social security reform / / David Koitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-8179-9978-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 489

Disciplina

368.4/3/00973

Soggetti

Insurance - United States

Social security - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Where We are Today-The Setting for Reform ; Chapter Two: The Resilient Long-Range Problem ; Chapter Three: The Case for Insolvency-How Seriously Do We Take the Projections? ; Chapter Four: Potential First Steps-Allocating Budget Surpluses and Defining a Role for Individual Accounts ; Chapter Five: The Painful Choices-what May Work, What May Not ; Chapter Six: Where There Might Be Fertile Ground ; Notes ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at both the Republican and the Democratic Party plans for Social Security, showing how each confronts significant ideological and political hurdles. David Koitz cuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the U.S. political scene and looks at both the Republican and the Democratic plans for Social Security, showing important flaws in each.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143824603321

Autore

GOODMAN LAURIE

Titolo

Subprime mortgage credit derivatives [[electronic resource] /] / Laurie S. Goodman ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-281-45055-3

9786611450557

1-118-26716-8

0-470-39274-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

The Frank J. Fabozzi series

Classificazione

85.33

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodmanLaurie S

Disciplina

332.63/244

332.63244

Soggetti

Subprime mortgage loans - United States

Secondary mortgage market - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Subprime Mortgage Credit Derivatives; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Part I: Mortgage Credit; Chapter 1: Overview of the Nonagency Mortgage Market; ISSUANCE VOLUMES; ROOTS OF THE 2007- 2008 SUBPRIME CRISIS; DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF NONAGENCY MORTGAGES; LOAN CHARACTERISTICS; RISK LAYERING; AGENCY VERSUS NONAGENCY EXECUTION; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: First Lien Mortgage Credit; CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENTS OF MORTGAGE CREDIT; COLLATERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MORTGAGE CREDIT: ASSAULT OF THE FOUR Cs IN 2006 ( CREDIT, COLLATERAL, CAPACITY, AND CHARACTER)

THE END GAME: FORECLOSURE, REO TIMELINE, AND SEVERITYTHE ROLE OF UNOBSERVABLE IN 2006 SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CREDIT; Chapter 3: Second Lien Mortgage Credit; TWO TYPES OF SECONDS; HIGHER RISKS IN SECONDS; RECENT PERFORMANCE; WHY HIGHER LOSSES?; SUMMARY; Part II: Mortgage Securitizations; Chapter 4: Features of Excess Spread/Overcollateralization: The Principle Subprime Structure; EXCESS SPREAD-BASED CREDIT ENHANCEMENT; OC IN ALT-A-LAND; OC



INTERNAL WORKINGS; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: Subprime Triggers and Step-Downs; THE STEP-DOWN AND THE TRIGGER; BBB STACK (ON THE KNIFE'S EDGE)

EFFECT OF TRIGGERS AND THE LOSS WATERLINESAMPLING THE SUBPRIME UNIVERSE; 2000- 2003 DEAL STEP-DOWN SUMMARY; STEP-DOWN AND CREDIT EFFECTS; SUMMARY; Part III: Credit Default Swaps on Mortgage Securities; Chapter 6: Introduction to Credit Default Swap on ABS CDS; CORPORATE CDS FUNDAMENTALS AND TERMINOLOGY; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CORPORATE CDS AND ABS CDS; DIFFICULTIES IN ABS CDS; ABS CDS EFFECT ON ABS CDO MANAGEMENT; TWO NEW TYPES OF ABS CDOs; SUMMARY; Chapter 7: The ABX and TABX Indices; BACKGROUND; HOW A DEAL GETS INTO THE INDEX; INDEX MECHANICS; INDEX PRICING OVER TIME; ABX TRANCHE TRADING

TABX PRICINGTABX VERSUS CDOs; SUMMARY; Chapter 8: Relationship among Cash, ABCDS, and the ABX; FUNDAMENTAL CONTRACTUAL DIFFERENCES: SINGLE-NAME ABCDS/ABX INDEX/CASH; SUPPLY/DEMAND TECHNICALS; WHAT KEEPS THE ARBITRAGE FROM GOING AWAY?; SUMMARY; APPENDIX: IMPORTANCE OF ABCDS TO CDO MANAGERS; Chapter 9: Credit Default Swaps on CDOs; CDO CDS NOMENCLATURE; CDO CREDIT PROBLEMS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES; ALTERNATIVE INTEREST CAP OPTIONS; MISCELLANEOUS TERMS; CASH CDO VERSUS CDO CDS; EXITING A CDO CDS; RATING AGENCY CONCERNS ON CDOs THAT SELL PROTECTION VIA CDO CDS; SUMMARY

Part IV: Loss Projection and Security ValuationChapter 10: Loss Projection for Subprime, Alt-A, and Second Lien Mortgages; TWO WAYS OF PROJECTING LOSS; DEFAULT TIMING; STEPS IN PREDICTING COLLATAL LOSSES; PROS AND CONS OF THE DEFAULT TIMING CURVE; HISTORICAL MODEL FIT VERSUS ACTUAL; DEFAULT TIMING IS NOT EQUAL TO LOSS TIMING; AN ALTERNATIVE SPECIFICATION; ALT-A AND CLOSED-END SECONDS; SUMMARY; Chapter 11: Valuing the ABX; REVIEW OF BASIC VALUATION FOR ABX INDICES; REVIEW OF VALUATION APPROACHES; ECONOMETRIC APPROACH; ABX VALUATION; THE "SIMPLE" OR DO-IT-YOURSELF APPROACH TO ABX VALUATION

ABX AFTER SUBPRIME SHUTDOWN

Sommario/riassunto

Mortgage credit derivatives are a risky business, especially of late. Written by an expert author team of UBS practitioners-Laurie Goodman, Shumin Li, Douglas Lucas, and Thomas Zimmerman-along with Frank Fabozzi of Yale University, Subprime Mortgage Credit Derivatives covers state-of-the-art instruments and strategies for managing a portfolio of mortgage credits in today's volatile climate.Divided into four parts, this book addresses a variety of important topics, including mortgage credit (non-agency, first and second lien), mortgage securitizations (alternate structures and su