Waterfall Forensics.

Tie-out heatmap

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2006-AR4

Every comparison the backtest ever made, on one screen: one column per distribution date, one row per class, colored by the worst absolute delta across interest, principal, and ending balance. The near-uniform field is the point. The few cells that broke a dollar are listed below, worst first.

8

periods replayed

99.2%

of 360 points within one dollar

3

points off by more than a dollar

I-A-1I-A-2II-A-1II-A-2II-A-3II-A-4II-A-5II-A-6II-A-RB-1B-2B-3B-4B-5B-6
2006
exact to the centwithin a pennywithin a dollarover a dollarno comparisonhover any cell for its worst delta

The exception queue

3 of 360 comparisons sit more than a dollar from the trustee's figure. This is the entire list. Of the rest, 197 matched to the exact cent and 117 differed by cents, rounding-sized and never compounding.

DateClassFigureComputedReportedΔ
2006-08-25II-A-1interest1,508,334.131,508,335.401.27
2006-05-25II-A-1interest1,543,060.981,543,062.121.14
2006-07-25II-A-1interest1,517,109.321,517,110.351.03

state rolls forward on computed values only — reported figures are never fed back in, so an engine error would compound rather than hide