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September 9th, 2007

Bond Fund Investors May Be in for Shock

“The problem is some of these mortgages were just phenomenally bad”

Could the housing market’s woes spread to bonds held in mutual funds by millions of ordinary investors?

Some experts and hedge fund investors who have made big bets that the mortgage crisis will worsen are saying that’s exactly what will happen. Some bond funds that invest in riskier short-term debt already have been whacked by soaring default rates on bonds backed by subprime loans made to borrowers with weak credit.

Critics charge that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings routinely give triple-A ratings the safest rating there is to far too many mortgage-backed bonds backed by subprime home loans. Read more



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