Average weighted maturity

Average Weighted Maturity
Average weighted maturity - The average weighted maturity is the weighted average of time it will take all mortgages in a mortgage-backed security fund to come to term or mature.

Average Weighted Maturity: (See Weighted Average Maturity)
Back-End Load: Back-end load is the price that an investor pays for withdrawing money from an investment. Back-end loads are most common in mutual funds.

Capital appreciation is usually a secondary objective. Such funds invest in a combination of U.S. bonds and foreign bonds denominated in various currencies. The average weighted maturity of such funds is typically more than three years.

average weighted maturity The length of time until the average security in a fund will mature or be redeemed... averaging see dollar cost averaging, value averaging, averaging down. More generally,...

See also: Trading, Stock, Commission, Maturity, Market