Fixed Income Securities: Become a Bond Analyst & Investor


An Introduction to Bond Markets: Everything You Need to Know About Bonds

What you will learn

Learn about fixed income instruments and yield curves

Cultivate a deep & extensive understanding of bonds

Explain how bonds work & compute risks and returns

Learn to value bonds from scratch

As a beginner, you get a detailed introduction that will positively set you up for exploring fixed-income instruments

Description

Investing in bonds has a lot of financial benefits for investors. It provides a regular stream of income and widens their investment portfolio. Bonds also carry low market volatility.

It is a safe investment plan which allows investors to preserve and increase their capital. Investing in top-quality government bonds doesn’t come with a default risk for investors.

This course is for investors and individuals who show interest in widening their scope on the fundamentals of fixed-income instruments and exploring the structures and features of the market. If you are interested in learning about different topics and sections connected to the analysis and valuation of bonds, this course is for you.

Dealing with fixed-income securities can be difficult if you are unwilling to invest your time and resources into the proper means. Making the seemingly cumbersome fixed-income securities easier is the idea behind this course.


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It is accessible to everybody irrespective of their place of work or schedule. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or conversant with the world of fixed-income securities. The course is designed to start from the basics and slowly advance as you get more familiar with the fundamentals.

Aside from teaching you the fundamentals of fixed-income securities, if you wish to venture into bonds, this course will teach you the basics and things you might need to get started. If you are on the lookout for a course that will impact financial skills applicable in the real world, look no further.

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English
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Content

Introduction to Debt Financing

Introduction
Course Materials
Properties of fixed income securities
Money Market & Capital Market
Primary & Secondary Markets

Introduction to Bonds

Market capitalization of the bond market
Definition of Bonds
Issuer of Bonds
Categories of Bonds
Flow of Funds in Fixed Income Markets
Example of Bond-funded projects

Characteristics of Bonds

Face value & Coupon rate
Coupon date & Maturity
Term, Purchase price & Accrued interest
Yield Rate
Covenants
Coupon Payments

Types of Bonds

Zero-Coupon bonds
Convertible bonds
Callable bonds
Puttable bonds

Forms of Bonds

Default-free bonds & defaultable bonds
Rating of Defaultable bonds

The Yield curve

Introduction
Types of Yield curves

Bond Valuation or Bond Pricing

Bond Symbols
Bonds issued at Par, Premium & Discount
Relationship between Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Bond Price
Value of a zero-coupon bond
Value of a bond with coupon payments

Case Study

Part a
Part b
Part c