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As an investor, I try to minimize the risk of myself, and my family. Recently, my mom has opened a bakery shop in Southern California with the $ 800,000. So to minimize the risk of lost, what could I do? And if CDO is the way then how do I create one for my mom's bakery?
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8 years ago
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JB
JB
Still gather cash flow generating assets for your mom business; such as mortgages, bonds, and other types of debt/s and repackage them into discrete classes based on the level of credit risk assumed by you as an investor. Then you can help your mom get her business publicly trade.
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