WEIGHTED AVERAGE COUPON
Weighted Average Coupon (WAC) refers to the weighted average of the underlying coupon interest rates of various pools of mortgages that underlie mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as of the time when the securities were issued.
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Piotroski Score
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Preference Shares
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