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Secured Creditor

Categories: Bonds, Muni Bonds

Secured is better than unsecured because you have something to grab and sell (collateral) if the borrower defaults. But you have to ask how real that security is: If you have a security interest in a nuclear power generator, just how easy is that thing gonna be to sell?

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