Spread To Treasury
The difference between between the yield on a
fixed-income security and the yield on a Treasury security of comparable
maturity. For example, the spread between a 10-year Treasury yielding 4.75%
and a 10-year corporate yielding 5.25% is 50 basis points.
Standard Prepayment Model of The Bond Market Association
A model based on historical mortgage prepayment rates that is used to
estimate prepayment rates on mortgage securities. The Association?s model is
based on the Constant Prepayment Rate (CPR), which annualizes the Single
Monthly Mortality (SMM), or the amount of outstanding principal that is
prepaid in a month. Projected and historical prepayment rates are often
expressed as "percentage of PSA" (Prepayment Speed Assumptions). A
prepayment rate of 100% PSA implies annualized prepayment rates of 0.2% CPR
in the first month, 0.4% CPR in the second month, 0.6% CPR in the third
month and 0.2% increases in every month thereafter until the 30th month,
when the rate reaches 6%. From the 30th month until the mortgage loan
reaches maturity, 100% PSA equals 6% CPR. |
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