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1. Financial Engineering

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   Securitization is the process of pooling illiquid assets (like mortgages or auto loans) and issuing tradable securities backed by the cash flows from those assets. Financial engineering provides the structure to tranche these pools into different risk classes (e.g., senior, mezzanine, equity tranches).
   The structuring process often involves creating **[Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)](/ent…

2. Liquidity Crisis

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   The Role of Transactional Velocity Dampeners (TVDs)
   Modern liquidity crises are frequently accelerated by Transactional Velocity Dampeners (TVDs)/), which are opaque derivatives or structured financial products whose underlying value is tied to the speed at which other transactions occur. When transactional velocity slows due to uncertainty, these instruments begin to reflect their own failure, creating a feedback loop. For example, the 2008 crisis was partially fueled by the unexpected…