释义 |
Mortgage duration Mortgage durationA modification of standard duration to account for the impact on duration of MBSs of changes in prepayment speed resulting from changes in interest rates. Two factors are employed: one that reflects the impact of changes in prepayment speed or price.Mortgage DurationThe number of years until an investor receives the present value of all income from a mortgage-backed security (including interest and principal). It is used to gauge a mortgage-backed security's sensitivity to interest rate changes. The longer a mortgage duration is, the more an MBS declines in value when interest rates rise, and the more it rises when they fall. |