Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 36 Minute(s)
Language
English
Rating
Course Overview
Financial Math | Interest Rates | Compound Rates | Bond Pricing | Bond Yields | Interest Yields
This course will introduce you to a wide variety of calculations and related concepts that are used by financial market participants in a wide variety of applications - calculating prices, rates of return, and yields for example. These concepts and more will be discussed.
This course consists of 15 modules, broken out into 3 sections:
Interest Rate Conventions and Time Value of Money
Debt Security Pricing
Bond Yields and Rates of Return
The course contains approximately 2 and a half hours of video content, and supplementary PDF files of the instructor's presentation are included to help participants follow along.
More about this course and Starweaver
This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the world, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:
Ahli United Bank; Mashreqbank; American Express; ANZ Bank; ATT; Banco Votorantim; Bank of America; Bank of America Global Markets; Bank of America Private Bank; Barclay Bank; BMO Financial Group; BMO Financial Services; BNP Paribas; Boeing; Cigna; Citibank; Cognizant; Commerzbank; Credit Lyonnais/Calyon; Electrosonic; Farm Credit Administration; Fifth Third Bank; GENPACT; GEP Software; GLG Group; Hartford; HCL; HCL; Helaba; HSBC; HSBC Corporate Bank; HSBC India; HSBC Private Bank; Legal & General; National Australia Bank; Nomura Securities; PNC Financial Services Group; Quintiles; RAK Bank; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Royal Bank of Scotland; Santander Corporate Bank; Tata Consultancy Services; Union Bank; ValueMomentum; Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo India Solutions; Westpac Corporate Bank; Wipro; and, many others.
Happy learning.
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 20 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Interest Rate Conventions and Time Value of Money
- Section 2 Debt Security Pricing
- Section 3 Bond Yields and Rates of Return
- Section 4 Closing Remarks
- Section 5 Bonus Lecture
What You’ll Learn
- Describe the relationship between price and yield on fixed income securities, Explain interest rate and pricing conventions for fixed income instruments (bonds), Calculate different day count and compounding conventions used in fixed income securities, Discuss the dramatic difference between yield to maturity and realized rate of return, Determine the price of both coupon bearing and zero coupon bonds, Apply financial math in finance, banking, securities and insurance markets and jobs, Use real world examples to apply your knowledge to everyday financial and capital market issues
Reviews
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PPashupati Timsina
Great course! Thanks! Could you add more exercises? That would make it a 5 ratings!
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AAnonymized User
a brilliant course for someone who is looking to step into to finance, but i felt more examples can make the course much better.
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RRachit Bagga
I recently did the Udemy Fundamental Financial Math Courses, and I must say it was an incredibly enriching experience. The course provided a comprehensive understanding of financial math, including topics like interest rates, compound interest, and more. What I loved most was the practical application of these concepts through user-friendly exercises and quizzes. The interactive nature of the course made learning financial math not only educational but also enjoyable. Highly recommended for anyone looking to build a strong foundation in financial mathematics!
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CCésar Esteban Rossi
Los cuestionarios no se condicen con lo que explican los videos. Los Recursos deben ser en un formato seguro pdf al menos.
