The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
The definitive MBS guide, with fully updated material on the latest mortgage-backed products, methods, models, and portfolio strategies By providing hands-on information vital to market participants, previous editions of The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities were instrumental in fueling the growth of the mortgage-backed securities market. The sixth edition contains all the elements that made previous editions so successful and influential, and provides you with more than 25 new chapters on
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Review by James Frohnhofer for The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
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It’s the industry standard. Everyone has one. It stands alone in its field. And if you’re reading this you’re probably going to buy regardless of what is written here.But I’ve found this book (along with some of the other Fabozzi ‘Handbooks’) to be overrated. Basically, the format of 30 or so different authors each writing a chapter in the form of an article diminishes the usefulness of the book. There is no narrative, pedagogical or otherwise. The format leads to significant gaps in coverage. The quality of the chapters is uneven, as is the level of detail covered.Don’t misunderstand me — the Handbook isn’t bad, by any strecth of the imagination. It’s just not as good as it could be. It has almost no fluff, and all the information in it is good. And the competition is a very slim field. For many things Fabozzi is not only your best choice, it’s your only one.
Review by B-school Student for The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
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I have to say that Fabozzi has the formula down pat–he gets “guest writers” to contribute various chapters to this book and does very little writing himself. The result is a disjointed, sometimes repetitious, other times incomplete volume. This book focuses extensively on agency mortgages–Ginnies, Fannies, Freddies–and speaks only a bit to the Alt-A, subprime and more exotic privately-originated mortgage markets. To call this book comprehensive would be a lie. Although this book was highly recommended to me by a PM at a traditional long-only manager, I can only guess that previous versions were better, because this one was certainly a high-priced primer that still left many areas of the market uncovered. Areas that are glaringly missing (beyond non-agency topics) include the role of hedge funds, loss mitigation/foreclosure processes, more info on EPDs, and the erosion of lending standards/rise of the subprime market. I think that a chapter on common mortgage origination fraud issues is also merited.
This book is good for the basics, on agencies. Beyond that, it may leave you scratching your head and wondering, “And….” because there is a palpable sense of incompletion. Borrow this book from someone else that already has it–don’t buy it!
Review by Rick Zuma for The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
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A vast collection of articles by practitioners on Wall Street, this book covers a broad number of topics on Mortgage Backed Securities. While not a scholarly approach, ‘street research’ typically aims to educate the fixed income portfolio manager.
Review by AD for The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
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The most comprehensive book on the subject period. If you are in the industry you must have it. Best used as a reference manual to go through whenever needed. Kinda bland book which you would not want to read to finish from page 1 to the end.
Review by Ö. Ersan for The Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities
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This product is very beneficial for me. Because I would like to learn sth can’t see easily about mortgage. This book covers both permanent examples and academic details.
On the other hand it contains too much article from different writer. So that We can learn different idea about mortgage and deduction for our study.