- SMBSs
- stripped mortgage-backed securities (SMBSs)Mortgage securities that separate principal and interest payments from the underlying mortgage-backed securities. SMBSs can take four forms:- interest-only strips, called I/O strips;- principal-only strips, called P/O strips;- discount strips; and- premium strips.I/O and P/O strips are the more common of the four. Today, REMIC CMOs are used far more frequently than SMBSs to create securities with the same cash flow characteristics. American Banker Glossary
Financial and business terms. 2012.