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December 7, 2007

Next up: a Disney cartoon

If the term "collateralized debt obligation" makes your eyes glaze over before you can continue to the definition, Portfolio.com has the animated graphic for you.

And why, you ask, would one want to see a graphic about CDOs, animated or otherwise? Because, as Sun columnist and blogger Jay Hancock notes, they "have much to do with why Wall Street firms are losing billions on mortgage investments."

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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