Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and Markets
  • Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and Markets
  • The Primary Market: Issuing Bonds to Borrow Funds
  • Similarity of Bonds to Loans & Bond Valuation Issues
Bond Contact Features and Investment Characteristics
  • Bond Contact Features
  • Bond Coupons, Accrued Interest and Bond Pricing Conventions
  • Day Count Conventions & Bond Retirement
  • Types of Risk
  • Sources of Return & Bond Yields
  • Bond Yields, Yield to Maturity and Rate of Return
  • Yield Curves
Types of Fixed Income Securities
  • Yield Curves & Government Securities
  • Government Bonds & US Treasury Securities
  • Corporate Fixed Income Securities
  • Credit Risk of Corporate Securities & Trust Indentures
  • Secured and Unsecured Bonds
  • Convertible Securities
  • Preferred Stocks & Introduction to Structured Securities
  • Asset Securitization & Introduction to Mortgage Backed Securities
  • Mortgage Backed Securities
  • CMOs & Introduction to Asset Backed Securities
  • Credit Card and Auto Loan Asset Backed Securities
  • Collateralized Debt Obligations
  • CDOs and Money Market Instruments
  • Agency Securities & Regional/Local Government Debt Securities