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Bond: Yield Curve and Strategies (FIX020A)


Description
A yield curve spells out the yield for various maturities for a given credit quality. This section considers some typical shapes of a yield curve and discusses how trading and investment strategies may be implemented based on one’s expectation of the changes in a yield curve.

By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand the issues and difficulty in the construction of a yield curve.
- Know how to formulate a trading or investment strategy based on one’s view of the yield curve.
- Know the typical shapes of yield curves and some theories that attempt to explain them.

Course Duration: 0.5 hr

Content
  • Bond: Yield Curve and Strategies
  • Assessment
  • Feedback Survey
Completion rules
  • The course duration needs to be completed in order to gain the CPD hours.
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 1 year