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CDO

British

abbreviation

collateralized debt obligation

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During a client pitch, a trader illustrating the risk of collateralized debt obligations unveils a Jenga tower that represents the mortgage bonds stuffed inside a CDO.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

She said the CDO had stopped many members leaving the party following the "political turbulence" that saw Boris Johnson and Liz Truss both resign as prime minister last year.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

“We are unbelievably proud to partner with CBS Sports and the NFL to bring Nick’s personality and unique visual sensibility to the Super Bowl,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon CDO Brian Robbins said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission charges it concealed Paulson's role in creating a CDO, Abacus 2007-AC1, and that he made $1 billion betting against it.

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2021

“But I had no idea what a CDO was.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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