The role of asset securitization in 2008 financial crisis

This 44-slide presentation covers the 2008 U.S. financial crisis, focusing on the mortgage market and securitization. It explains key concepts such as assets, CDOs (collateralized debt obligations), credit default swaps (CDS), and subprime mortgages. Students will learn how banks pooled mortgages, created tradable securities, and how the collapse of risky loans led to widespread investor losses and the crisis. Each slide combines concise text with clear, engaging visuals, including illustrated characters, houses, brokers, and investment banks, to show the flow of money, the securitization process, and how the crisis unfolded. Diagrams include full and broken schemes of mortgage-backed securities, making complex processes intuitive and easy to understand. The presentation is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students studying finance, economics, or business, providing both technical explanations and a visual representation of real-world impacts.