t0nyd4tiger (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you saved my day! great explanation.. but i think you need a new pen =) thanks!

wyt168 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Since MBS is a security and has liquidity, as Sal has pointed out in the video, it can be traded, which means its price fluctuates. I am trying to figure out how its price is related to the mortgage interest. My broker showed me a chart of FNMA 30yr, and told me that the underlying security shows opposite trend of the mortgage rate, i.e. the higher the price of the stock, the lower the interest rate, and vice versa. I haven't figured out why this is the case.

tangiblephoton (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The reason everyone isn't an equity invenstor is because Sal's pen isn't working

dreamtiger347 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sal can you please explain what an hedge fund is and does

dreamtiger347 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

khanacademy can you please explain to me what an hedgefund is and does thanks

orpcowboy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nice series of videos. You need to stay realy focussed though. Just one thing: untill the last video you introduce everything in a timely and structured fashion (a + too for your summaries along the way). However, when you finaly get to the third video, the one where you finaly hope to learn what a CDO is, you just fling it. Except for some murmle along the way we have to wait until the end of the video before you use CDO, and even then you do not actualy explain what it is.

yougonasorry (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no in my opinion this casual presentation was really good in terms of conveying a better understanding of the topic, thank you sir

comingsoon188 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

dude you talk so fast i can't even know what are you saying. sigh :\ and i'm not western people tho so i'm not really good on it

bassammaelborno (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The saying goes....."a true sign of genious is in one who can make the Complex, Easy". Thank you for your effort. It would be more helpful in a variety of ways, if perhaps, you were more structured and rehearsed prior to giving a presentation. There is far too much of an ad hoc approach to the 'lessons' resulting in unnecessary redundancy/repetition. You aren't losing the message to the viewer, rather losing the viewers attentiveness/patience.

adelaideuser (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

very well explained, thanks !