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1. SUB PRIME CRISIS 2008
P BHASKARRAKESH
 INVESTORShave huge money => theywantto invest=> safe betwithAAA creditratingis US
FED treasurybills=> but FED isgivingonly1 % return=> sotheydidn’tinvested
 Banks/Financial Institutions => borrowedmoneyfor1 % interestrate => gave house loans
to people asreal estate sectorisbooming.
 NowInvestmentbanksthoughtof makingthe investorsbe partof thisby givinghigher
returns(4% - 10%)
 Mortgage lendersthroughmortgage brokersIdentifiedPrimeMortgagersandgave loansto
them,bykeepinghouse documentsassecurity.Primemortgagerswill paymonthlyinterests
and principal amount.
 Nowinvestmentbankersboughtthose mortgagesfrommortgage lenderandcreateda new
financial instrumentscalledCDO.
 Investmentbankersmade 3typesof bondsbasingonrisk=> investorsboughtthose bonds
thinkingthattheyare gettinghighinterestrates.

2.  Everythingwentfine and investorsasked formore bonds=>investmentbankersaskedfor
more mortgagesfrommortgage lenders.
TURNING POINT
 Mortgage lendersgave loansto subprime mortgagers(those whohave bad credithistory)
thinkingthatevenif theydefault,theycansell theirhouse andmake money.
 So the chaincontinued….
 As expected subprimemortgagersdefaulted=>more and more defaulted=>suddenly
because of oversupplyhouse ratescame down=> supplyismore anddemandisless
 Investorsdidn’twanttobuythese bondsasreal estate sectorcrashed.
 But alreadyinvestmentbankersboughtthousands of these mortgages =>no one in the
marketreadyto buy this=> sothese investmentbankerscouldn’tpayinterestratesto
investorsforbondsthattheyissued.
 Real estate sectorcrashed=> Investorsgothuge loss=> investingbankswentbankrupt =>
RESULTED IN SUBPRIME CRISIS