Bonds & Fixed Income Securities
Structure, Prices & Markets
This course will introduce you to the market for bonds and fixed income securities, provide you with a lot of details on the characteristics of fixed income securities in general, as well as discuss specific characteristics of specific sectors and products within the fixed income markets, including the players. The program covers a wide variety of concepts relating to the analysis and validation of those bonds and fixed income securities.
Read more
This course will introduce you to the market for bonds and fixed income securities, provide you with a lot of details on the characteristics of fixed income securities in general, as well as discuss specific characteristics of specific sectors and products within the fixed income markets, including the players. The program covers a wide variety of concepts relating to the analysis and validation of those bonds and fixed income securities.
This course will introduce you to the market for bonds and fixed income securities, provide you with a lot of details on the characteristics of fixed income securities in general, as well as discuss specific characteristics of specific sectors and products within the fixed income markets, including the players. The program covers a wide variety of concepts relating to the analysis and validation of those bonds and fixed income securities.
This course consists of 24 lectures classified within three sections:
Introduction to Fixed Income Securities
Bond Contract Features and Investment Characteristics
Types of Fixed Income Securities
The following types of fixed income securities are introduced and discussed:
Government Securities
US Treasury Securities
Corporate Fixed Income Securities
Convertible Securities
Structured Securities
Mortgage Backed Securities
Asset Backed Securities
Credit Card and Auto Loan Asset Backed Securities
Collateralized Debt Obligations
Agency Securities & Regional/Local Government Debt Securities
More about this course and Starweaver
This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:
Ahli United Bank; Mashreqbank; American Express; ANZ Bank; ATT; Banco Votorantim; Bank of America; Bank of America Global Markets; Bank of America Private Bank; Barclay Bank; BMO Financial Group; BMO Financial Services; BNP Paribas; Boeing; Cigna; Citibank; Cognizant; Commerzbank; Credit Lyonnais/Calyon; Electrosonic; Farm Credit Administration; Fifth Third Bank; GENPACT; GEP Software; GLG Group; Hartford; HCL; HCL; Helaba; HSBC; HSBC Corporate Bank; HSBC India; HSBC Private Bank; Legal & General; National Australia Bank; Nomura Securities; PNC Financial Services Group; Quintiles; RAK Bank; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Royal Bank of Scotland; Santander Corporate Bank; Tata Consultancy Services; Union Bank; ValueMomentum; Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo India Solutions; Westpac Corporate Bank; Wipro; and, many others.
Starweaver has and continues to deliver 1000s of live in person and online education for organizational training programs for new hires and induction, as well as mid-career and senior level immersion and leadership courses.
If you are looking for live streaming education or want to understand what courses might be best for you in technology or business, just google:
starweaver journey builder starweaver[dot]com
Happy learning.
What's inside
Learning objectives
- Understand the structure and mechanics of primary and secondary markets for fixed income securities.
- Explain the similarities and differences between bonds and loans and the valuation issues of each
- Describe the contract features of bonds, including day count conventions, risk, returns and yield calculation
- Appreciate the nature and pricing of fixed income instruments and the yield curves
- Summarize the characteristics of structured securities, including mbs, various abs, and cdos
- Describe the characteristics and types of fixed income securities and how they are issued and traded.
- Appreciate how interest rates impact the pricing of fixed income securities.
- Discuss the role of market makers and other intermediaries in the trading of fixed income securities.
- Understand the structure and mechanics of primary and secondary markets for fixed income securities.
- Explain the similarities and differences between bonds and loans and the valuation issues of each
- Describe the contract features of bonds, including day count conventions, risk, returns and yield calculation
- Appreciate the nature and pricing of fixed income instruments and the yield curves
- Summarize the characteristics of structured securities, including mbs, various abs, and cdos
- Describe the characteristics and types of fixed income securities and how they are issued and traded.
- Appreciate how interest rates impact the pricing of fixed income securities.
- Discuss the role of market makers and other intermediaries in the trading of fixed income securities.
Syllabus
Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and Markets
This module introduces the course by covering the elements of fixed income securities and markets.
Read more
Syllabus
This module introduces the course by covering the elements of fixed income securities and markets.
In this module, you will learn about the primary bond market and how bonds are issued to borrow funds.
This module covers the similarities between bonds and loans, as well as bond valuation issues.
In this module, you will learn about the features of bond contracts.
In this module, you will learn about bond coupons, accrued interest, and bond pricing conventions.
In this module, you will learn about day count conventions and bond retirement.
In this module, you will learn about different types of risk.
In this module, you will learn about sources of return and bond yields.
In this module, you will learn about bond yields, yield to maturity, and rate of return.
In this module, you will learn about yield curves.
In this module, you will learn about yield curves and government securities
In this module, you will learn about government bonds and U.S. Treasury securities.
In this module, you will learn about corporate fixed income securities.
In this module, you will learn about the credit risk of corporate securities and trust indentures.
In this module, you will learn about secured and unsecured bonds.
In this module, you will learn about convertible securities.
In this module, you will learn about preferred stocks and be introduced to structured securities.
In this module, you will learn about asset securitization and be introduced to mortgage-backed securities.
In this module, you will learn about mortgage-backed securities.
In this module, you will learn about CMOs and be introduced to asset-backed securities.
In this module, you will learn about credit card and auto loan asset-backed securities.
In this module, you will learn about collateralized debt obligations.
In this module, you will learn about CDOs and money market instruments.
In this module, you will learn about agency securities, regional/local government debt securities, and conclude the course.
Good to know
Save this course
Save
Activities
Read Markets for Fixed Income Securities
Show steps
Provides an overview of the fixed income markets and the different types of fixed income securities that are available.
View
Financial Economics
on Amazon
Show steps
-
Read the preface and introduction.
-
Read Chapter 1: An Overview of the Fixed Income Markets.
-
Read Chapter 2: The Primary Market for Fixed Income Securities.
-
Read Chapter 3: The Secondary Market for Fixed Income Securities.
-
Read Chapter 4: Fixed Income Securities: A Taxonomy.
Udemy: Introduction to Stocks, Bonds, and the Fixed Income Market
Show steps
Provides a high-level overview of the fixed income market and the different types of fixed income securities that are available.
Show steps
-
Watch the video lectures.
-
Complete the quizzes.
-
Download the course materials.
Bond Math Practice Problems
Show steps
Provides practice with the calculations that are used to value fixed income securities.
Show steps
-
Solve the practice problems.
-
Check your answers against the provided solutions.
-
Review the concepts that you are struggling with.
Show all three activities
Read Markets for Fixed Income Securities
Show steps
Provides an overview of the fixed income markets and the different types of fixed income securities that are available.
View
Financial Economics
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the preface and introduction.
- Read Chapter 1: An Overview of the Fixed Income Markets.
- Read Chapter 2: The Primary Market for Fixed Income Securities.
- Read Chapter 3: The Secondary Market for Fixed Income Securities.
- Read Chapter 4: Fixed Income Securities: A Taxonomy.
Udemy: Introduction to Stocks, Bonds, and the Fixed Income Market
Show steps
Provides a high-level overview of the fixed income market and the different types of fixed income securities that are available.
Show steps
- Watch the video lectures.
- Complete the quizzes.
- Download the course materials.
Bond Math Practice Problems
Show steps
Provides practice with the calculations that are used to value fixed income securities.
Show steps
- Solve the practice problems.
- Check your answers against the provided solutions.
- Review the concepts that you are struggling with.
Career center
Reading list
Share
Similar courses
OpenCourser helps millions of learners each year. People visit us to learn workspace skills, ace their exams, and nurture their curiosity.
Our extensive catalog contains over 50,000 courses and twice as many books. Browse by search, by topic, or even by career interests. We'll match you to the right resources quickly.
Find this site helpful? Tell a friend about us.
We're supported by our community of learners. When you purchase or subscribe to courses and programs or purchase books, we may earn a commission from our partners.
Your purchases help us maintain our catalog and keep our servers humming without ads.
Thank you for supporting OpenCourser.
