Asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) explained

Both Asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are fixed income financial securities collateralized (backed) by a pool of assets such as Auto loans, Education Loans, Housing Loan, credit card debts, and receivables etc. This pool of assets is characteristically a group of small and illiquid assets which are unable to be sold individually. Basically,…