Suppose that ABSs are created from a 100 million dollar principal portfolio of subprime

mortgages with the following allocation of the principal to tranches: senior 75%, mezzanine 15%,

and equity 10%. (The portfolios of subprime mortgages have the same default rates.) An ABS

CDO is then created from the mezzanine tranches with the same allocation of principal.

1. If only 84 million of the 100 million that is promised can be paid out: What are the losses as a

percentage of expected return(0% means they are paid in full and 100% means they lose

everything) that the owners of Mezzanine tranche of the ABS CDO receive?

A. 0% loss

B. 10.0% loss

C. 12.5% loss

D. 20.0%

E. 25.0% loss

F. 33.3% loss

G. 50.% loss

H. 75% loss

I. 100% loss

2. If only 84 million of the 100 million that is promised can be paid out: What are the losses as a

percentage of expected return(0% means they are paid in full and 100% means they lose

everything) that the owners of senior tranche of the ABS CDO receive?

A. 0% loss

B. 10.0% loss

C. 12.5% loss

D. 20.0% loss

E. 25.0% loss

F. 33.3% loss

G. 50% loss

H. 75% loss

I. 100% loss

3. If only 84 million of the 100 million that is promised can be paid out: What are the losses as a percentage

of expected return(0% means they are paid in full and 100% means they lose everything) that the owners

of senior tranche receive?

A. 0% loss

B. 10.0% loss

C. 12.5% loss

D. 20.0% loss

E. 25.0% loss

F. 33.3% loss

G. 50% loss

H. 75% loss

I. 100% loss