Financial assets such as mortgages, credit cardreceivables, and auto loan receivables are oftenbundled up, placed in a bank trust department,and then used as collateral for publicly tradedbonds. Bond prices typically rise when interestrates decline, but bonds backed by mortgagesfrequently fall when rates decline. Why might thishappen?

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