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Subject Author Date Mortgage backed securities. PeterL 01-07-2010  Re: Mortgage backed securities. Beliavsky 01-08-2010  Re: Mortgage backed securities. Bill 01-08-2010
Posted by PeterL on January 7, 2010, 3:40 pm I am interested in investing in mortgage backed securities. But I am a small fish and don't want to buy individual ones. Are there mutual funds or ETF's invested in these? TIA. Posted by Beliavsky on January 8, 2010, 8:39 am > I am interested in investing in mortgage backed securities.  But I am > a small fish and don't want to buy individual ones.  Are there mutual > funds or ETF's invested in these?  TIA. There is the Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares (mutual fund), symbol VFIIX and the Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF, symbol VMBS . You could also buy a mortgage REIT. Posted by Bill on January 8, 2010, 10:10 am If you consider a mutual fund remember that unlike the actual MBO a mutual fund has no maturity date so there is no point in time at which you will recover your original investment. The value of the fund shares will go down as interest rates go up. Considering how low interest rates are today there is a very high probability that rates will go up over the next few years causing a capital loss for fund investors. -- .Bill. Similar Threads Posted mutual funds holding commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) November 21, 2008, 10:42 am Re: Hybrid Preferred Securities March 3, 2007, 9:07 am Wachovia Securities - "FundSource" April 5, 2005, 5:10 am When do most pay off their mortgage? January 19, 2007, 2:26 pm mortgage March 11, 2008, 4:05 pm Should I put my money in mortgage? December 28, 2006, 8:38 am Mortgage for investment outside US January 8, 2007, 3:51 pm need help with mortgage choices May 3, 2007, 6:32 am Mortgage or HELOC January 14, 2008, 7:18 pm Walking away from your mortgage. February 11, 2008, 2:38 pm