INTRODUCTION TO CREDIT ANALYSIS & TRADING

FINANCE 340

Analysis of fixed income, bond markets. Introduce tools for evaluating bonds and making decisions about trading and hedging portfolios of fixed income securities. Focus on government bonds and derivative securities. Consider basic ways to price bonds using techniques that are well established on Wall St. Introduces basic trading strategies based on exploiting mis-priced securities. Strategize ways to measure and minimize risk. Other topics include repo financing, mortgage markets, and basic issues involving default risk of corporate bonds.

FINANCE 760

Examination and reflection of finance career pathways and current finance skills, applications and practices. Career development techniques and tools, communication and professional skills.

FINANCE 645

Focuses on industry analysis and security selection, with particular emphasis on identification of value drivers and on communicating the idea to a portfolio manager.

FINANCE 740

Detailed coverage of fixed income securities and their derivatives; asset backed/mortgage backed securities; pricing and portfolio strategies; term structures models and other analytical tools.

FINANCE 646

Focuses on portfolio management, including development and implementation of the decision making process.