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arm_dm_p

arm_dm_p (routine)

ARMs - calculate the price from the discounted margin

Introduced in release: 1.2
Component: US MBS
Purpose: Calculates the price from the discounted margin for an Adjustable Rate mortgage backed security.

Notes: The price output from this routine is the dirty price.

This routine takes as input cash flows which must first be calculated.
 To calculate the cash flows for a Fixed Rate MBS use mbs_gen_tbls.
 To calculate the cash flows for a GPM use mbs_gentblsg.
 To calculate the cash flows for an ARM use arm_gen_tbls. See Coding Examples for a more detailed explanation.

Results: The result is returned as the value of the function accurate to as many places as supported by a double precision value.

Error Conditions: Returned values should be ignored for a non-zero status. See Errors.
Last Mod Date: 11/26/1996© 2001 TIPS, Inc.Doc Version: 5.0