A security that pays the holder, should mortgage borrowers fail to repay their debts, is a

A. traditional, thirty-year fixed-rate mortgage.
B. credit-default swap.
C. pay-option adjustable-rate mortgage.
D. thirty-year U.S. Treasury bond.


Answer: B

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