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Related: NYC commercial mortgage backed securities are going to crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1uzbAOnXc

Is it possible to short mortgage backed securities?





As someone living in NYC, his explanation of how NYC's tax revenue is heavily dependent on hugely inflated real estate valuations was pretty scary.

Here's the WSJ article he was referring to: https://archive.is/QjPNf


> Is it possible to short mortgage backed securities

Yes, you can buy a credit default swap. They might not be as underpriced as they were ahead of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.




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