Weekly outline
- General
- 1. 13 September - 19 September
1. 13 September - 19 September
第1週：Introduction
1.Sectors of the U.S. Bond Market
2.Overview of Bond Features
3.Risks Associated with Investing in Bonds - 2. 20 September - 26 September
2. 20 September - 26 September
第2週：Pricing of Bonds
1.Review of Time Value of Money
2.Pricing a Bond
3.Complications - 3. 27 September - 3 October
3. 27 September - 3 October
第3週：Pricing of Bonds
1.Pricing Floating-Rate and Inverse-Floating-Rate Securities
2.Price Quotes and Accrued Interest
- 4. 4 October - 10 October
4. 4 October - 10 October
第4週：Measuring Yield
1. Computing the Yield or Internal Rate of Return on Any Investment
2. Conventional Yield Measures
3.Potential Sources of a Bond - 5. 11 October - 17 October
5. 11 October - 17 October
第5週：Measuring Yield
1.Total Return
2.Applications of the Total Return
3.Calculating Yield Changes - 6. 18 October - 24 October
6. 18 October - 24 October
第6週：Bond Price Volatility
1.Review of the Price-Yield Relationship for Option-Free Bonds
2.Price Volatility Characteristics of Option-Free Bonds
3.Measures of Bond Price Volatility
4.Convexity - 7. 25 October - 31 October
7. 25 October - 31 October
第7週：Bond Price Volatility
1.Additional Concerns when Using Duration
2.Do not Think of Duration as a Measure of Time
3.Measuring a Bond Portfolio's Respo - 8. 1 November - 7 November
- 9. 8 November - 14 November
- 10. 15 November - 21 November
10. 15 November - 21 November
第10週：Factors Affecting Bond Yields and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
1.Base Interest Rate
2.Benchmark Spread
3.Term Structure of Interest Rates
4.Swap Rate Yield Curve - 11. 22 November - 28 November
11. 22 November - 28 November
第11週：Treasury and Federal Agency Securities
1.Treasury Securities
2.Stripped Treasury Securities
3.Federal Agency Securities - 12. 29 November - 5 December
12. 29 November - 5 December
第12週：Corporate Debt Instruments
1.Seniority of Debt in a Corporation's Capital Structure
2.Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights
3.Corporate Bonds
4.Medium-Term Notes - 13. 6 December - 12 December
13. 6 December - 12 December
第13週：Corporate Debt Instruments
1.Commercial Paper
2.Bank Loans
3.Corporate Default Risk
4.Corporate Downgrade Risk
5.Corporate Credit Spread Risk - 14. 13 December - 19 December
14. 13 December - 19 December
第14週：Municipal Securities
1.Types and Features of Municipal Securities
2.Municipal Money Market Products
3.Floaters/Inverse Floaters
4.Credit Risk
5.Risks Associated with Investing in Municipal Securities
6.Yields on Municipal Bonds
7.Municipal Bond Market - 15. 20 December - 26 December
15. 20 December - 26 December
第15週：International Bonds
1.Classification of Global Bond Markets
2.Non-U.S. Bond Issuers and Bond Structures
3.Foreign Exchange Risk and Bond Returns
4.Bonds Issued by Non-U.S. Entities - 16. 27 December - 2 January
16. 27 December - 2 January
第16週：Residential Mortgage Loans
1.Origination of Residential Mortgage Loans
2.Types of Residential Mortgage Loans
3.Conforming Loans
4.Risks Associated with Investing in Mortgage Loans - 17. 3 January - 9 January
- 18. 10 January - 16 January
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