CDOs are a form of financial alchemy: special-purpose vehicles that buy the financial equivalent of lead (low-rated mortgaged-backed securities) and finance themselves mostly with the financial equivalent of gold (highly sought-after AAA bonds).
I CDO sono una forma di alchimia finanziaria: società veicolo che acquistano l’equivalente finanziario del piombo (mortgaged-backed securities a basso rating) e si finanziano principalmente con l’equivalente finanziario dell’oro (obbligazioni con rating AAA, altamente ricercate).