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Fixed Income Securities

Doug Carroll
Business
| Core
| 4 Hours 10 minutes
| Oct 08
| 01:00 PM Eastern

Course Description

This course will introduce you to the market for 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 of the fixed income market – insurers, investors, and a wide variety of concepts relating to the analysis and validation of those 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

Modules

  • Introduction to Derivatives
  • Introduction to Futures Contracts
  • Futures Contracts Trading and Cash Flows
  • Futures Pricing
  • Introduction to Options
  • Option Pricing and Applications

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the structure and function of the primary and secondary fixed income markets
  • 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 distinguishing characteristics of structured securities as well as the unique features of specific types, including mortgage backed securities, important types of asset backed securities such as auto loan/lease finance and credit card account receivables securitizations, and CDOs

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of the English language.
  • A financial calculator is recommended for this course.

Who Should Attend

  • Introduction to Fixed Income Securities
  • Bond Contract Features and Investment Characteristics
  • Types of Fixed Income Securities