标题: Low coupon isues vs Higher coupon on Mortgage Passthrough [打印本页] 作者: AnalystForum 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12 标题: Low coupon isues vs Higher coupon on Mortgage Passthrough
Q19 from Reading 29 in CFAi states that on Mortgage Passthrough Securities, low coupon isses exhibit less negative convexity than higher coupon issues and will outperform during falling interest rate periods.
Can someone elaborate on why this is?
My thinking is that its because lower coupon issues have less prepayment risk due to less refinancing but not completely confident as to that being why.作者: Analyze_This 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
you stated the same...you are less likely to refinance if your interest rate that you financed your home on is low i.e. your coupon is low. vice versa, if your interest rate is high, you are more likely to refinance when interest rates are low.作者: Valores 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
More negative convexity would mean a price cap that will be extremely low (which is bad for the investor). High negative convexity on the other hand means a higher price cap (good for the investor). Keep in mind, the best is not to have the price cap at all.
So low coupon-paying securities, having less negative convexity, will outperform high coupon-paying securities at lower yields作者: Windjammer 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
There could be different tranches with higher and lower coupons than the average underlying rate. Am I wrong?作者: lcai 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
revisor Wrote:
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> There could be different tranches with higher and
> lower coupons than the average underlying rate. Am
> I wrong?
You're talking about CMOs, which are different than traditional MBS pass through securities. This is from L2.
NO EXCUSES作者: thommo77 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
The answer in book doesn't tell why the lower-coupon MBS exhibits less negative convexity. The above analysis of less prepayment risk and larger duration makes more sense to me.作者: pennyless 时间: 2011-7-11 19:12
The MBS will be positively convex until a certain point, which is most likely the rate at which most of the mortgages were originated at. If rates go below this point, the MBS will exhibit negative convexity. Rates can only go to 0, so the there will be a greater area of negative convexity with an MBS thats at a higher rate.
