Friday 18 October 2019

Brodie Johnson of Merrill Lynch: Understanding CMOs


Brodie Johnson accumulated over thirty-five years of investment banking and CMO experience with Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Today, he’s pursuing personal investing strategy and enjoying semi-retired life. His peers continue to hold him in high regard for helping revitalize the CMO market in 2008.



Understanding CMOs

When Merrill Lynch’s Brodie Johnson revitalized the CMO market, he did it by creating a new type of security following the financial collapse in 2008.

The following three points will help deepen your understanding of CMOs and the impressive feat that Mr. Johnson accomplished as CMO Director:


·         CMOs are investment debt securities. They consist of bundled mortgages, organized according to risk profile.

·         CMOs are similar to collateralized debt obligations. However, they do not use as broad of a collection of debt obligations.

·         CMOs ballooned in size around 2008. This contributed to the financial collapse, but the issue has since resolved.