The fixed income markets are among the world's most complex. The New York Institute of Finance offers a wide variety of courses covering every important aspect of these markets: characteristics of corporate, municipal and sovereign debt instruments: evaluating the credit standing of bonds from high-yield to investment grade; the mathematical aspects of bond pricing and trading; securitized assets; mortgage-backed securities; money market instruments and much more.
This broad and practical perspective of diverse short-term and long-term fixed income instruments is invaluable for professionals in the fixed income arena. This curriculum provides a solid introduction to credit risk, bond-rating systems, bond trading terminology, techniques and strategies, yield curve and the factors that affect it, and the role of the Federal Reserve System and its impact on bonds. It covers the corporate, municipal, and government bond markets, focusing on the concepts, functions, and operations of these markets. Learn more!