"It's unbelievable how many people want this trade."

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"It's unbelievable how many people want this trade."

--Todd Kushman, managing director and product specialist for derivatives of asset-backed securities at Bear Stearns in New York, commenting on high levels of interest for super-senior tranches of ABS when leveraged. Before the addition of leverage, this tranche had almost only appealed to monolines.

"It's unbelievable how many people want this trade."--Todd Kushman, managing director and product specialist for derivatives of asset-backed securities at Bear Stearns in New York, commenting on high levels of interest for super-senior tranches of ABS when leveraged. Before the addition of leverage, this tranche had almost only appealed to monolines.

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