Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs)

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Pool-Specific Versus Generic Mortgage-Backed Security Prices
Analysis of the fact that pools with apparently identical characteristics often exhibit different prepayment behavior, and development of a methodology for using this information to calculate pool-specific mortgage-backed security prices.

 
Case Study: Dah Sing Hong Kong Mortgage-Backed Securities
Case study by professor Ian Giddy of New York University's Stern School of Business.

 
A New Strategy for Dynamically Hedging Mortgage-Backed Securities
Development of a new strategy for dynamically hedging mortgage-backed securities (MBSs).

 
Anatomy of an ARM: The Interest Rate Risk of Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Analysis of the dynamics of the commonly used indices for adjustable rate mortgages, and systematic comparison of the effects of their time series properties on the interest rate sensitivity of adjustable rate mortgages.

 
Collateralized Debt Obligations
A discussion of the relevance of correlation analysis for collateralized debt obligations.

 
A Glossary of Mortgage-Backed Securities
A glossary of mortgage-backed securities by professor Ian Giddy of New York University.

 
Bond Resources Guide to CMOs
Overview of collateralized mortgage obligations, including a brief discussion of calculating prepayment speeds.

 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Lecture by professor Ian Giddy of New York University's Stern School of Business.

 
A Comparison of Mortgage Securities Characteristics
Table with pass-through and CMO-Remic comparisons.

 
Pricing Mortgage-Backed Securities in a Multifactor Interest Rate Environment
Development of a valuation model that finds that mortgage-backed securities can be well described as a function of the level and slope of the term structure.

 
Making Markets for Structured Mortgage Derivatives
Analysis of structured mortgage derivatives versus securitized structures and their effect on underwriter fees.

 
ARM Wrestling: Valuing Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Presentation of an algorithm that permits ARM issuers and investors to quantify the effects of the many interacting contract features, such as reset margin, coupon rate caps and reset frequency, that determine mortgage value.

 
Mortgage Choice: What's the Point?
Presentation of a possible explanation for the large menus of mortgages typically encountered by potential borrowers. Suggests that the menu of contracts available at the time of origination should be an important predictor of future prepayment.

 
Types of Mortgage-Backed Securities
Discussion of types of mortgage-backed securities by professor Ian Giddy of New York University.

 
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