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Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)

The coupon of each position in a mortgage pool (or other debt instrument portfolio) weighted by the size of the position to compute an average coupon for the pool. Ordinarily, a detailed schedule of coupons will be more useful in predicting prepayment rates than a weighted average.

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