BUS 672 - Equities and Fixed Income Securities (3)

This course provides a detailed introduction to equity securities covering the types, characteristics and risks of common stock, preferred stock, and other equity-related instruments such s rights warrants and convertible bonds. This course recognizes the language associated with stock trading, categories of common stock, stockholders claims on corporate assets, characteristics of convertible bonds and basic valuations. This curriculum also focused on short-term and long-term fixed income instruments for professionals in the fixed income arena. The course introduces students to credit risk, bond-rating systems, bond trading terminology, techniques and strategies, yield curve and the factors that affect it, and the role of the Federal Reserve System.

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