| 31. | Those early repayments shorten the lives of mortgage securities and can reduce their returns.
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| 32. | Municipal bonds were little changed, and mortgage securities tracked Treasuries.
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| 33. | They prefer to get exposure to mortgage securities in a more diversified bond fund.
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| 34. | A solid income investment for retirees is government-guaranteed mortgage securities.
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| 35. | Mullaney bought mortgage securities when their prices slumped last month.
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| 36. | Early repayments cut short the lives of mortgage securities and can eat into their returns.
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| 37. | Because mortgage securities are bonds, their prices are also affected by changes in interest rates.
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| 38. | Mortgage securities also were little changed even as investors and traders anticipated more bond sales.
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| 39. | Mortgage securities did well until this summer, when they got hurt by the refinance boom.
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| 40. | Rising rates have made investors more optimistic about mortgage securities and spurred demand, traders said.
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