The practice of securitization of mortgages:
A. pooled high-risk mortgages together, which raised the prices of them to investors.
B. allowed investors to profit from the mortgage payments without being exposed to any risk.
C. pooled the risk of mortgages, allowing higher risk mortgages to be more safely sold to investors.
D. was undertaken by government to guarantee the values of real estate.
C. pooled the risk of mortgages, allowing higher risk mortgages to be more safely sold to investors.
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