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How credit cards become asset-backed bonds

Paddy Hirsch Nov 25, 2008
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Mortgages aren’t the only financial instruments that get turned into securities. Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how companies make money by buying credit card debt and bundling it.

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