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In finance, the weighted-average life (WAL) of an amortizing loan or amortizing bond, also called average life,〔(PIMCO glossary )〕〔(Bloomberg Glossary )〕 is the weighted average of the times of the ''principal repayments'': it's the average time until a dollar of principal is repaid. In a formula, : where: * is the (total) principal, * is the principal repayment that is included in payment , hence * is the fraction of the total principal that is included in payment , and * is the time (in years) from the calculation date to payment . If desired, can be expanded as for a monthly bond, where is the fraction of a month between settlement date and first cash flow date. ==WAL of classes of loans== In loans that allow prepayment, the WAL cannot be computed from the amortization schedule alone; one must also make assumptions about the prepayment and default behavior, and the quoted WAL will be an estimate. The WAL is usually computed from a single cash-flow sequence. Occasionally, a simulated average life may be computed from multiple cash-flow scenarios, such as those from an option-adjusted spread model. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Weighted-average life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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