Answer the following essay question: Using the book liars poker.
Describe the history of secondary mortgage market and compare and contrast mortgage market with equity and bond
market. What caused bond market to boom? What caused secondary mortgage market to boom? What made mortgage
attractive/ unattractive to investors? How did Wall Street get involved in secondary mortgage market? Who were the main
players in mortgage market before securitization? What role did Salomon play in the development of mortgage market?
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