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Lehman Brothers Mortgage Backed Securities IndexA benchmark index that includes 15- and 30-year fixed-rate securities backed by mortgage pools of the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), and Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).Lehman Brothers Mortgage Backed Securities Index Similar MatchesUnlisted securitiesUnlisted securitiesShares (usually in small companies) which are not listed on a Recognised Investment Exchange. A limited number of unlisted securities have traded since 1980 on the unlisted securities market (USM) which however closed at the end of 1996. The USM was replaced by the alternative investment market (AIM). Treasury securities (treasuries)Treasury securities (treasuries)Debt obligations issued by the US government and secured by full faith and credit. Income from treasuries is subject to federal tax but not state and local taxes. They fall into three categories, Treasury bills, Treasury bonds and Treasury notes. Fixed income securitiesFixed income securitiesSecurities which pay a fixed rate of interest. Government bonds (gilts) are the best known example. Compared to shares, fixed income securities have the attraction of certainty - you know what income you will get in advance - and they are less risky than shares. But the upside is not as good, and you will never get the really high returns with a bond that you might get with a share that does well. International Securities Identification NumberInternational Securities Identification NumberInternational code for a listed security. Book entry securitiesBook entry securitiesSystem in which securities are not represented by paper securities but are maintained in computerized records at the securities in the names of member banks, which in turn keep computer records of the securities they own as well as those they are holding for customers. In the case of other securities where a securities has developed, certificates reside in a central securities or by another securities. These securities do not move from holder to holder. Further SuggestionsJapanese Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (Jasdaq)Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET) Restricted Securities Manufactured housing securities (MHS) Discount securities Federal agency securities Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA) Securities Industry Committee on Arbitration (SICA) Public securities offering Principal Exchange Rated Linked Securities (PERLS) National Securities Clearing Corporation Distressed securities Uniform securities agent state law examination Pass through securities Securities and Exchange Commission Rules Inflation indexed securities Securities markets Securities and Investments Board Securities Act of 1933 United States government securities registered securities Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) defensive securities Undertakings for Collective Investment in Tradable Securities |
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