1.   Demand for mortgage passthroughs, which represent pools of home loans, recently has increased, traders said.

2.   After a spellbindingly sensuous performance of Narcissus falling in love with his reflection, Charles gets stuck in the trapdoor representing the pool of water.

3.   But since Ginnie Mae certificates represent pools of mortgages, each month the owners get some money that represents interest and some that represents repayment of principal.

4.   Mortgage passthrough securities, which represent pools of loans, gained about as much as Treasuries this week even as bond yields plunged.

5.   Most of the losses stem from the direct loan program, which by definition represents a pool of the most risky borrowers.

6.   Most of the funds are beating their peers by investing in adjustable-rate mortgage securities, which represent pools of home mortgages with variable rates.

7.   Schwab says its funds are designed that way because the One Source program represents a pool of its most-sought-after funds.

8.   These securities would represent pools of mortgages that have been made under various federal programs.