Today's sub-prime mortgage situation has its roots in the failure of market-based restraints
on the riskiness of loans that lenders could make. Before securitization, sub-prime mortgage …

The collateralized debt obligation, aircraft asset-backed securities, franchise loan ABS, and
12b-1 fee ABS sectors have been hammered by unprecedented volumes of downgrades. A …

It's becoming less clear what bond ratings mean. Some rating agencies are adopting confusing
definitions for their ratings. For example, according to S&P, a rating of" BBB" corresponds …

Asset-backed securities (ABS) today display a higher frequency of defaults and downgrades
that they did a few years ago. However, defaults and downgrades are concentrated more …

As a general matter, even the most sophisticated computer models are based on simplified
assumptions about the real world. Although this fact is well appreciated in many circles, it is …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that few surprises that have occurred appear to be clustered
in certain narrow portions of the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) universe. …

… The mint mark begins to be crowded off the field under Leo and does not appear on most
of the coinsof Zeno. However, the form of monogram may be of help. In discussingthe material …

A motion sequence may be represented as a single pattern in x–y–t space; a velocity of motion
corresponds to a three-dimensional orientation in this space. Motion sinformation can be …

… Edward H. Adelson received the BA degree in physics and philosophy from Yale
University and the Ph. D. degree in experimental psychology from the University of Michigan. …

We present motion magnification, a technique that acts like a microscope for visual motion.
It can amplify subtle motions in a video sequence, allowing for visualization of deformations …