Show Guide Chapters
- Terminology and Calculations for Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Appendix 1: Notation
- Appendix 2: Old Annualizing Formula
- Appendix 3: Appropriateness of PPR and LQR
- Appendix 4: Penalty Interest Payments in PCBOND
- Calculating MBS Cash Flows
- Calculating Prepayment Rates
- Miscellaneous Formulas
- Price Calculations
- Risk Measures
- Total Prepayment (UPP)
- Tranche Payments
Daily Settlement Factor | a |
Accrued Interest per $100 | AI |
Remaining Principal Balance | Bk; B0=1, BM=0 |
Monthly Coupon Rate | c |
Convexity | CX |
Coupon Rate | C |
Period Cash Flow | CFk |
Accrued Days | d |
Modified Duration | DMod |
Pool Factor | F; 0 <=F <=1 |
Full Price of MBS per $100 | FP |
Interest Payment Cash Flow | Ik |
Liquidation Rate | LQR (annual percentage) |
Liquidation Cash Flow in Month k | lqrk |
MBS Term to Maturity | M (months) |
Scheduled Monthly MBS Payment | MPk |
Market Price per 100 | P |
Monthly Partial Prepayment Rate | p |
Partial Prepayment Rate | PPR (annual percentage) |
Partial Prepayment Cash Flow in Month k | pprk |
Monthly Liquidation Rate | q |
Monthly WAC Rate | r |
Weighted Average Remaining Amortization | RAMk (months) |
Scheduled Principal Cash Flow | Sk |
Scheduled Remaining Principal | SRPk |
Days from Settle to WAMD + 14 | t |
Tranche Amount at k=0 of tranche maturing i months before maturity, M | TRM-i |
Constant Monthly Unscheduled Principal Payment Rate | u |
Unscheduled Principal Cash Flow | Uk |
Unscheduled Principal Payment Rate | UPP (annual percentage) |
Weighted Average Mortgage Coupon | WAC (semi-annual percentage) |
Weighted Average Maturity | WAMD (calendar date) |
Liquidation Fraction | x (decimal) |
Monthly Yield | y |
Bond Equivalent Yield | Ys |
Money Market Yield | Ymmkt |