Fixed Income Analysis

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Characteristics of fixed income securities including Treasury issues, federal agency issues, corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities; institutional features fixed income markets; risks of bond investing; fixed income valuation; term structure; trade strategies; modeling and assessing credit risks; hedging with fixed income derivatives. Prerequisites: FINC 351 and FINC 361 ; ACCT 328 or concurrent enrollment.