weighted average coupon

weighted average coupon definition - finance
The average coupon (interest payment) in a pool of mortgages. WAC is calculated by weighting the coupon rate by the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage at the end of each month.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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