WAM
Weighted Average Maturity (WAM) refers to the average maturity of all mortgages in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). It is also called "average effective maturity."
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Economic/environmental philosophy focusing on local economies, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. It is based on the belief several self-suffici ...
Barone-Adesi And Whaley Model
The quadratic estimation technique for putting a price on exchange-traded American call and put options on commodity futures and commodities. Baron ...
G. Allen Andreas Jr.
Former President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), an agribusiness firm in the United States with operations ...
Third Market
Marketplace where brokers/dealers and institutional investors trade exchange-listed stocks. In essence, the market encomapasses securities listed o ...
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