What is the average life of a pass-through, and what does it depend on?

What will be an ideal response?


A measure commonly used to estimate the life of a pass-through is its average life. Consider a mortgage-back security guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, which is a fully modified pass-throughs. The average lifeof a mortgage-backed security is the average time to receipt of principal payments (scheduled principal payments and projected prepayments), weighted by the amount of principal expected. Mathematically, the average life is expressed as follows:

average life =

where T is the number of months. The average life of a pass-through depends on the PSA prepayment assumption.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following criteria does Strategic Business Insights' VALS framework use to segment

potential adult customers? A) sex B) motivation C) population density D) climate

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Kim Sunshades Company's western territory's forecasted income statement for the upcoming year is as follows

Sales revenue $850,000 Variable costs (540,000 ) Contribution margin $310,000 Fixed costs (480,000 ) Operating loss $(170,000 ) The company's management is considering dropping the western territory and has determined that 80% of the fixed costs are avoidable. What is the change in the forecasted operating loss for the upcoming year if the western territory is dropped? Assume the company predicts an operating loss across the entire company. A) The loss will be reduced by $74,000. B) The loss will be increased by $74,000. C) The loss will be reduced by $384,000. D) The loss will be increased by $384,000.

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