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Undergrad and MBA but I barely learned anything about structured products through any of my classes. Its mostly through working in the industry. It's very hard to find good data, especially market data for these more esoteric products (spreads, yields, assumptions). A lot of companies make a lot of money selling this data (I mean A LOT). For instance, a weekly financial newsletter on asset backed securities (~10 pages long, pdf, emailed out) is $3,500 a year [0]. It's a good read though and definitely contains info you can't find in other media outlets

Anyway, if you're interested in structured products, I would just google '[structured product] primer'. There are a lot of great primers publicly available. Most are really old (2006 - present) but don't let that put you off. All the fundamentals are the same and they're definitely worth a read. Some are more relevant since they're still being structured. Examples include ABS (which include prime and subprime auto) and CLOs (collateralized loans). Others (like non-agency, subprime, most CDOs) are not. This [1] book was also helpful and more in-depth than most primers.

Feel free to pm me for more info.

[0] https://www.abalert.com/subscriber/subscribe_now.pl [1] http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111800674...




Thanks for the info, will look into the Wiley book. HN doesn't have private messages, but you can leave your email in the profile section.




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