This paper presents a general, nonlinear version of existing multifactor models, such as Longstaff and Schwartz (1992). The novel aspect of our approach is that rather than choosing the model parameterization out of quot;thin air,quot; our processes are generated from the data using...

There have been recent, well-documented cases of financial institutions and investment groups incurring huge monetary losses on their mortgage-backed security (MBS) portfolios. This vulnerability is partly due to the complexity of MBS pricing. Homeowners have the option to prepay their mortgages...

Multivariate density estimation (MDE) suggests that mortgage-backed security (MBS) prices can be well described as a function of the level and slope of the term structure. We analyze how this function varies across MBSs with different coupons. An important finding is that the interest rate level...

This paper develops a nonparametric, model-free approach to the pricing and hedging of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), using multivariate density estimation procedures to investigate the relation between MBS prices and interest rates. While the usual methods of valuing MBSs are highly...

This paper presents a general, nonlinear version of existing multifactor models, such as Longstaff and Schwartz (1992). The novel aspect of our approach is that rather than choosing the model parameterization out of quot;thin airquot;, our processes are generated from the data using...