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WAC Interest Only

An interest only (IO) (from a fixed-rate mortgage) which allows bondholders to receive a fixed coupon while the amount of...

WAC IO

An interest only (IO) (from a fixed-rate mortgage) which allows bondholders to receive a fixed coupon while the amount of...

Quasi Money

A description of an asset implying it can be converted immediately to cash or cash equivalent money, although it is...

Quality Spread

The yield spread between non-Treasury securities and Treasury securities, all having identical features in exception of credit rating. Both are...

Quarterly Compounding

The compounding of interest earned or paid on an interest-bearing instrument (e.g., bond, deposit, etc), or generally any type of...

Reverse Repo Rate

The rate that is used in a reverse repo transaction. It is rate at which the central bank borrows money...

Reverse Repo

A repurchase agreement (repo) in which a non-bank counterparty borrows cash from the bank counterparty. It is reverse to the...

Conversion Rate

With respect to convertible bonds (and also convertible preferred stocks), it is the number of shares of common stock in...

Conversion Ratio

With respect to convertible bonds (and also convertible preferred stocks), it is the number of shares of common stock in...

Homemade Arbitrage

The leverage which an individual investor can obtain by borrowing and lending on the same terms as firms. To do...