What Does Asset-Backed Security (ABS) Mean?
A financial security backed by a loan, a lease, or receivables other than real estate and mortgage-backed securities. Asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt. Investopedia explains Asset-Backed Security (ABS) An ABS is essentially the same thing as a mortgage-backed security except that the securities backing it are assets such as loans, leases, credit card debt, a company’s receivables, or royalties but not mortgage-based securities.
