A Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) is a complex structured finance product that is backed by a pool of loans and other assets, and sold to institutional investors. CDOs serve to redistribute the risk of debt defaults by grouping various types of debt such as mortgages or credit card debt into distinct tranches, each with a different level of risk and return.
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