This is a follow-up to my last post, Sequential Pay CMO. The purpose of this example spreadsheet is to show a simple example of how floating and inverse-floating rate securities can be produced from a fixed rate pool of mortgages. It is not the only way floating rate CMOs can be structured, but for example […]

A reader ask me if I had published a sequential pay CMO example. I had not. I did start a spreadsheet at one time, but never completed it. I worked on it over the weekend and came up with a simple, three tranche and residual sequential. I’m going to assume that the readers already knows what a collateralized mortgage obligation […]

This is an update of a post and spreadsheet I wrote in Oct. of 2014 called: “Modified & Effective Duration, Plus Convexity of a Loan”.  The previous post was hard-wired for a plus or minus 100 basis point change in yields. These new formulas and inputs allow for changes in yield other than 100 basis […]

In August of 2014 I showed a spreadsheet for interpolating a yield, given a range of dollar prices. That post was call Interpolation. I thought of another way to use the same linear interpolation. Lets say you want to know what the Treasury yield would be for an investment. Unfortunately, you only have the current Treasury […]

First, let me say that this is my 100th post and spreadsheet. I started in August of last year. If this spreadsheet looks a lot like my last post, it is very close. My last spreadsheet showed how to calculate any row of an amortization schedule, including starting balance, scheduled  payments, interest, principal, servicing, prepayment (CPR) and […]

  After you read this post, check out my updated post   In my post called The Math Behind Excel’s CUMIPMT() & CUMPRINC() Functions I showed how to calculate a single row of a simple amortization schedule, using math instead of the amortization schedule. In this post and spreadsheet I show how to calculate the starting balance, payment, interest, […]

There is a newer post that replaces the amortization schedule to calculate historic PSA with a UDF: http://pistulka.com/Other/?p=2964   Back in December of 2014 I wrote a post and Excel spreadsheet called Reverse Engineering Constant Prepayment Rate (CPR). I called it that because instead of giving a CPR to a model, we could do the reverse and calculate the […]

There are all kinds of calculators you can find to “optimize” your rate of return by laddering certificates. Of course the term optimize is a misnomer because you don’t know what the reinvestment rate will be on the shorter term CDs.  There are some advantages to laddering such as, if you need the funds earlier than expected, you can […]

See updated formula at: MBS Math Formula. Servicing, CPR, Payment Delay, Default Rate & Loss Severity http://pistulka.com/Other/?p=2384 This adjustment to the mega formula for mortgage-backed securities only affects those that use an odd first payment, by entering an amount other than 30, in the “Payment Days Delay” cell. It was pointed out by Win Smith (The Well-Tempered Spreadsheet) […]

Calculating the total rate of return on a chain of returns produces a time weighted rate of return. I covered this in my post “Time & Dollar Weighted Rates of Return Calculator“. In this spreadsheet I have segregate the time weighted return into an easier calculator for someone interested in taking their annual, monthly, quarterly, etc. […]

If you normally sell your car before it is paid off, you are going to want to stay away from lenders that still use the Rule of 78 (also known as sum-of-the-digits) to calculate the interest you have accrued. This method was used before the technology was available to calculate a prepayment on the spot. At a […]

Note: A revised spreadsheet has been publish for this topic. Please see the new revised version here: http://pistulka.com/Other/?p=3459 Back in September of last year I wrote three posts and spreadsheets about Gap Analysis, Spot Rates, and Forward Rates. I put all three together in this post and Excel workbook. I have connected the Treasury’s daily Treasury yield curve […]

It occurred to me that my last post Treasury Bill Math with twelve formulas, has little value if you are sitting on a trading desk and need to work quickly. I put together this calculator that will calculate two of the four pieces of information, given two pieces. It looks like this: The page is protected. The […]

Money market securities mature in less than a year and pay simple interest (as opposed to compound interest). Treasury bills are money market instruments that pay simple interest, but are quoted (sold) based on a discount rate. Securities that use a discount rate can be thought of as paying the interest upfront, as opposed to paying interest at maturity. […]

In May of this year I offered a template of gages that a board of directors might find useful to spot problems in their credit union or small bank. Read the post Financial Ratio Gauges for more information on why I wrote the financial gages spreadsheet. The gages looked like this: I have just put together another […]