Welcome to The S-Curve
Now you will be able to receive the latest announcements, product updates, and our insights on the mortgage market in real time.
The name of the blog, the S-Curve, is a reflection of our logo and the central feature of our prepayment model. S-curves are seen in nature in many phenomenon, from population growth to prepayment and default models. Our first S-curve, in the early 1990s, used the arctangent function, then piece-wise linear functions, and evolved over time to be more complex and vary by FICO, loan size and LTV. This evolution encapsulates both the timeless nature of fundamental relationships and constant innovation to describe them better over time.
We hope you find the information useful and we look forward to your feedback.
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Introducing a New Interface to Navigate Our Website with EaseNews
We proudly launched our new website on November 13th. As you familiarize yourself with the new look of ad-co.com, you will come to know the many new offerings we provide. Along with the new website, we have organized our products as a menu of models and applications for a wide range of investor appetites. Let us review the menu of our product offerings.
Dynamic Models
LoanDynamics (LDM) is the credit modeling solution you need. Our behavioral model helps you manage interest rate and credit risks in single family, multifamily, and auto loans by forecasting prepayments, delinquencies, defaults, and loss probabilities.
RiskValDynamics (RVD) is our flexible valuation engine formerly known as OAS Subroutines. It combines LDM, our suite of MacroDynamics models, and our original, highly-efficient cash-flow engines.
MacroDynamics (MDM) is our suite of macroeconomic models including InterestRateDynamics, HomePriceDynamics, and UnemploymentDynamics.
Applications
Kinetics is our new modular platform, designed to deliver the full suite of our models and analytics with the option to license only the tools you need. LoanKinetics , our multi-functional whole loan application, joins the Kinetics platform, along with MSRKinetics (MSRK), our new web-based offering focused on assessing MSR risk, and PoolKinetics, a module for pay-up valuation of agency pools.
RiskProfiler (RP) is our complete valuation and risk assessment solution that covers all asset classes modeled by AD&Co: MBS and ARM pools, loans and their derivatives (IO, PO, MI, MSR), structured securities (CMOs), and hedge instruments. All inputs and outputs are stored in a SQL database.
We hope the new interface helps you learn more about all that Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. can offer during these unprecedented times.
Happy Holidays and Stay Safe – Ashlea Bonds, Marketing
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Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc.’s LoanDynamics Models Empowers Fite Analytics’ MBS Analytics ServiceNews
Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. (AD&Co), is proud to support Fite Analytics’ innovative cloud-native Mortgage-Backed Securities Analytics Service. The Fite Analytics solution incorporates AD&Co’s LoanDynamics models that provide forecasts of voluntary prepayments, defaults and losses that drive risk analytics across the mortgage-backed securities market with comprehensive coverage. To read the full press release click here.
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Introducing the New AD&Co WebsiteNews
We are thrilled to announce that Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. has launched a new look for ad-co.com. Some of the exciting new features of this site include:
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A dynamic homepage highlighting the firm’s latest innovations, AD&Co client benefits, announcements, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts.
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Our new blog titled The S-Curve that offers our latest announcements, product updates, and insights on the mortgage market in real time.
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An enhanced solutions-focused structure organized by I Work In (includes industry and investment categories), Tools (product pages), Consulting, Insights (announcements and literature), and Client Portal (downloads portal and model resources).
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About AD&Co includes Our Company and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sections which offer a look into the firm’s foundation, culture, and practices.
Please take the time to:
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Register to access the new website. You will be prompted to set up a new password.
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Kindly verify your contact information on your User Dashboard. If you need to update your information, please contact us.
Finally, we’ve updated our Terms of Use and Privacy Statement. You will be asked to accept them when you log in for the first time.
Please let us know feedback or concerns to ensure we continue to serve you well. Thank you.
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The S-Curve Archives
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NewsThis February, AD&Co celebrates a central part of American History—Black History. The richness of the contributions of the Black community as a whole, and innumerable remarkable individuals, can not be overstated.
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Thoughts
The January 14, 2021 revisions of the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements between the Treasury and the GSEs[i] (Government Sponsored Enterprises) along with the Treasury Department Blueprint on Next Steps for GSE[ii] Reform perhaps represent the end of a decade- long effort to create multiple competitive enterprises and end the government support of the GSEs.
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NewsMartin Luther King, Jr. was a great leader and inspirational speaker. His wisdom can serve as a guide for as long as we remember him. Andrew Davidson & Co would like to acknowledge a fraction of what he gave us with two relevant quotes that seem fitting in 2021.
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Thoughts
In the spring of 2019, National Association of Realtors® (NAR), together with financial-market experts Susan Wachter (Wharton) and Richard Cooperstein (Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc.) proposed completing the transition of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Enterprises) into market utilities in a publication entitled “A Vision for Enduring Housing Finance Reform.” This work builds on Richard Cooperstein and Andrew Davidson’s 2017
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Thoughts
Separating signal from noise is at the heart of what we do at AD&Co. One of the key tools we utilize for that purpose is a sophisticated set of model performance trigger reports. These monthly reports not only alert us to model drift but also point to possible causes for the drift.
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News
We proudly launched our new website on November 13th. As you familiarize yourself with the new look of ad-co.com, you will come to know the many new offerings we provide. Along with the new website, we have organized our products as a menu of models and applications for a wide range of investor appetites. Let us review the menu of our product offerings.
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News
Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. (AD&Co), is proud to support Fite Analytics’ innovative cloud-native Mortgage-Backed Securities Analytics Service. The Fite Analytics solution incorporates AD&Co’s LoanDynamics models that provide forecasts of voluntary prepayments, defaults and losses that drive risk analytics across the mortgage-backed securities market with comprehensive coverage.
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News
We are thrilled to announce that Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. has launched a new look for ad-co.com. Some of the exciting new features of this site include:
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A dynamic homepage highlighting the firm’s latest innovations, AD&Co client benefits, announcements, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts.
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