Bond evaluation proficiency

Bond evaluation proficiency

 

The essence of this Course

In this course you will have a great opportunity to explore and comprehend the basic strategy of bond evaluation. This knowledge is extremely valuable due to the fact that a bond is one of the most flexible financial instruments, but on the other hand could provide fixed income, not subjected to any alterations. You will learn basic principles of financial risk assessment and apply them to evaluate various types of bonds, such as:

• Plain or «Vanilla» Bonds (Term «vanilla» is used to indicate that this type of bond is the simplest and the most common all over the financial world).
• Deep discount Bonds
• Consoles
Moreover, you will get practical knowledge about basic software which will help you to launch financial research on the matters of Bond evaluation. Within this course you will learn about functional features of Excel and Google Sheets.

To enter this course, you don’t need any special preparations and academic education. You will start from the beginning and at the end of this course you will be a professional in the most popular and perspective field such as Finance. You will have the ability to mastermind financial strategies which will lead you to inexhaustible sources of income.

What you’ll learn:

  • The main principles of Bond Evaluation and their impact on this financial instrument.
  • The nature and essence of bonds, their typology, maturity and process of paying off.
  • How to apply your theoretical base to practice. We will offer you a complete scope of instruments that will allow you to challenge yourself and as a result grow faster.
  • How to be an advanced user of basic software and how to use it as a means of financial analytics. We are speaking mainly about the software of Microsoft
  • and Google.

  • The correlation between the Rate of Coupon and the Redemption Yield. This is a very rare and interesting topic that is covered only in a few courses.

For whom:

  • Students of higher educational institutions (not only financial direction).
  • Beginners who are making their first stapes in Finance Management.
  • Bankers and financial analysts.
  • Investors.
  • Any individual who is simply interested in this topic.

Course structure

Brief acquaintance with Bonds
Learn financial terminology once and forever.
Learn the definition of bonds, their typology and all principal aspects.
Learn information about the current status of bond trading and how ratings work
Fundamental theory base
You will learn about basic financial terms that form the fundamental base of the whole process of bond evaluation.
You will learn everything about Discounted future cash flow including some practical aspects in respect of logical and intuitional approaches.
You will learn how the consolidation of cashflows works in practice and what benefits you could gain from it.
Evaluation of Bonds (practical Cases)
Evaluation of Deep discount Bond.
Evaluation of Plain or «Vanilla» Bonds.
Evaluation of Perpetual Bond.
How to evaluate bonds with different types of coupons.
How compounding impacts bond prices.
How profitability impacts the price of bonds.
Basic theory about YTM (Yield to Maturity)
Learn about input data that is necessary for the evaluation of profitability.
Learn the essence of Net Present Value.
Learn about the Internal Rate of Return and see how it impacts profitability
Evaluation of YTM (Yield to Maturity)
Calculate profitability of Consoles and Perpetual Bonds
Practical usage of theory about Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return to evaluate the profitability of a vanilla bond. (This aspect will be covered in respect of the usage of software suitable for financial analytics, such as Microsoft Excel).
110 EUR
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The Course contains:

  • 17 lessons
  • 11 hours of video
  • 3 tests
  • 4 interactive tasks

Course structure