Level I Cfa® Prep Course 2022/2023 - Fixed Income

Deep dive into Fixed Income with the Bestselling CFA® prep course provider | With visual learning + Quizzes
What you'll learn
Understand the elements that define and characterise fixed-income securities
Know what to look out for when investing in a bond
Understand the legal, regulatory and tax framework bonds operate under
Know the various coupon payment types
Have an overview of global fixed income markets
Understand how bonds are issued in primary markets, and traded in secondary markets.
Examine government, corporate and structured finance bond market sectors.
Make basic bond valuations
Calculate and quote bond prices and yields
Understand what is yield spread.
Understand what is securitisation, and its benefits
Learn what is tranching, and the difference between credit tranching and time tranching
Understand how mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are structured
Learn what is a CDO
Understand and calculate bond duration (Macaulay, modified, approximate modified, effective and key-rate durations)
Make convexity adjustments to calculate change in price of a bond when its yield changes
Understand credit ratings and role of credit ratings agencies
Analyse the credit risk of a company
Requirements
Basic mathematics knowledge
CFA Institute approved calculator
Understand TVM and DCF concepts (from Quantitative methods)
Description
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Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 How To Get The Most Out Of This Course
Lecture 2 Formulas, Definitions, Diagrams at your FINGERTIPS!
Section 2: Fixed Income Securities: Defining Elements
Lecture 3 Basic Features of Fixed Income Securities
Lecture 4 Coupon Structures
Lecture 5 Legal, Regulatory and Tax Considerations
Lecture 6 Contingency Provisions
Lecture 7 Test Your Understanding
Section 3: Fixed-Income Markets: Issuance, Trading, and Funding
Lecture 8 Overview of Global Fixed Income Markets
Lecture 9 Primary and Secondary Bond Markets
Lecture 10 Bonds from Government and Government-related Sectors
Lecture 11 Corporate Debt
Lecture 12 Structured Financial Instruments
Lecture 13 Short-Term Funding for Banks
Lecture 14 Test Your Understanding
Section 4: Introduction to Fixed-Income Valuation
Lecture 15 Bond Prices and Time Value of Money
Lecture 16 Bond Prices: Quotes and Calculations
Lecture 17 Bond Yield Measures
Lecture 18 Maturity Structure of Interest Rates
Lecture 19 Yield Spreads
Lecture 20 Test Your Understanding
Section 5: Introduction to Asset-Backed Securities
Lecture 21 How Securitisation Works
Lecture 22 Residential Mortgage Loans
Lecture 23 Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
Lecture 24 Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
Lecture 25 Non-Mortgage Asset-Backed Securities
Lecture 26 Collateral Debt Obligations
Lecture 27 Test Your Understanding
Section 6: Understanding Fixed-Income Risk and Return
Lecture 28 Sources of Return
Lecture 29 Macaulay Duration
Lecture 30 Modified Duration and Money Duration
Lecture 31 Approximate Modified Duration and Convexity Adjustment
Lecture 32 Effective Duration and Key Rate Duration
Lecture 33 Duration of a Bond Portfolio
Lecture 34 Factors that Influence Interest Rate Risks
Lecture 35 Test Your Understanding
Section 7: Fundamentals of Credit Analysis
Lecture 36 Credit Risks
Lecture 37 Capital Structure and Seniority Rankings
Lecture 38 Credit Ratings and Ratings Agencies
Lecture 39 Corporate Credit Analysis
Lecture 40 Corporate Credit Analysis (Ratios)
Lecture 41 Credit Yields and Spreads
Lecture 42 Special Considerations of High Yield Credit Analysis
Lecture 43 Special Considerations of Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Credit Analysis
Lecture 44 Test Your Understanding
Section 8: BONUS: Further resources for your exam prep
Lecture 45 BONUS: Further resources for your exam prep
This course is for CFA Level 1 Candidates,This course is for people who are interested in the CFA Program
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