Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,898,658,592 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Weighted-Average Maturity

    0.01 sec.
Weighted Average Maturity
The average amount of time remaining before maturity in the mortgages underlying a mortgage-backed security, weighted by the percentage of the MBS that each mortgage constitutes. For example, suppose a mortgage-backed security contains two mortgages, one worth $10,000 and one worth $20,000, for a total of $30,000. The $10,000 mortgage matures in five years, and the $20,000 mortgage in 10 years. The weighted average remaining maturity is calculated as:

WAM = ($10,000 / $30,000) * 5 years + ($20,000 / $30,000) * 10 years = 8 1/3 years

The weighted average maturity is also known as the weighted average remaining maturity.

weighted-average maturity
A valuation of mortgage loans pooled into a mortgage pass-through security and calculated by multiplying the amount of the mortgage that is outstanding by the weighting of the remaining number of months to maturity for each mortgage loan in the pool.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Financial browser?   Full browser?
 
27, 2009 the fund portfolio's weighted-average maturity was 40 days.
The fund seeks to maintain liquidity to meet anticipated redemptions by purchasing daily VRDNs and maintaining a short weighted-average maturity by investing a substantial part of its portfolio in weekly VRDNs.
The fund seeks to maintain liquidity to meet anticipated redemptions by purchasing daily VRDNs and maintaining a short weighted-average maturity by investing a substantial part of its portfolio in weekly VRDNs.
 
 
 
Financial Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.