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risk-return of CDO squared

June 20th, 2006, 8:13 am

Low levels of risk are associated with low level returns, however, does anyone here know that why low levels of risk are associated with high level returns in CDO^2 transactions? Thank you.
 
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risk-return of CDO squared

October 28th, 2006, 8:21 am

 
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risk-return of CDO squared

October 28th, 2006, 8:22 am

The answer is leverage!