- Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO) and CMO Tranches
- Stripped MBS – Interest Only (IO) and Principal Only (PO)
- Residential Non-Agency MBS
- CMBS: Structure and Call Protection
- Amortizing Loans vs. Non-Amortizing Loans
- Overview of Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
- Internal and External Credit Enhancements
- Pay-through Structures: Prepayment Tranching vs. Credit Tranching
- Home Equity Loans (HEL) Backed Securities
- Manufactured Housing Backed Loans
- Auto Loans Backed Securities
- Student Loan Backed Securities (SLABS)
- SBA Loan Backed Securities
- Credit Card Receivable Backed Securities
- Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) and Synthetic CDOs
- Cash Flow Yield, Nominal Spread, and Zero Volatility Spread for ABS/MBS
- Monte Carlo Simulation for ABS/MBS
- CFA Level 2: Fixed Income Part 2 – Introduction
- Duration and Convexity for ABS/MBS
- Mortgage Cash Flow Characteristics
- Choosing an Appropriate Spread for ABS/MBS
- Mortgage Pass-through Securities: Characteristics and Risks
- Cash Flows and Prepayment Risk
- Single Monthly Mortality (SMM) & Conditional Prepayment Rate (CPR)
- PSA Prepayment Benchmark
Cash Flow Yield, Nominal Spread, and Zero Volatility Spread for ABS/MBS
Cash Flow Yield
Unlike bonds, cash flows for MBS/ABS investments are commonly monthly. The cash flows will be made up of interest, scheduled principal repayments, and principal prepayments. In order for the cash flow expectations to approximate reality, prepayment assumptions must be made.
r bond equiv. yield = 2[(1 + i monthly)6 – 1]
An investor actually realizing the cash flow yield return depends upon the following taking place:
- Cash flows are re-invested every month at the cash flow yield;
- Prepayments equal the assumed prepayment schedule;
- The investor holds the ABS/MBS until it is retired.
Nominal Spread
Compares the cash flow yield of the ABS/MBS to the yield to maturity of a Treasury security with a maturity equal to the average life of the ABS/MBS.
Nominal Spread = CF Yield – YTM of comparable Treasury
The nominal spread may be a flawed measure of comparison as the spread may not reflect risk premiums unique to the ABS/MBS, such as prepayment risk.
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