Prepayment Risk and Expected MBS Returns

49 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last revised: 9 Jun 2024

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Peter Diep

AQR Capital Management, LLC

Andrea L. Eisfeldt

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Scott A. Richardson

London Business School; Acadian Asset Management

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Date Written: November 2016

Abstract

We present a simple, linear asset pricing model of the cross section of Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) returns in which MBS earn risk premia as compensation for their exposure to prepayment risk. We measure prepayment risk and estimate security risk loadings using real data on prepayment forecasts vs. realizations. Estimated loadings are monotonic in securities' coupons relative to the par coupon, as predicted by the model. Prepayment risks appear to be priced by specialized MBS investors. In particular, we find convincing evidence that prepayment risk prices change sign over time with the sign of a representative MBS investor's exposure to prepayment risk.

Suggested Citation

Diep, Peter and Eisfeldt, Andrea L. and Richardson, Scott Anthony, Prepayment Risk and Expected MBS Returns (November 2016). NBER Working Paper No. w22851, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2873324

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