Bond Valuation - Online

This course explains in greater detail how to value fixed income securities.

This course replicates the content from lesson 1 of Portfolio Management II - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Junior portfolio managers, money managers, research analysts, client services staff, consultants, individual and institutional investors, private bankers and financial advisors, research staff members of pension boards and plan sponsors.
Students will be able to:
  • Apply the concept of discounted cash flow, or compound interest, to bond valuation
  • Recognize the significance of bond prices and how bond yields are calculated
  • Explore strategies for deciding what bonds to buy
  • Recognize how bond yield is linked to a benchmark
  • Identify the four theories that explain the shape of typical bond yield curves
Fixed Income Securities - Online or equivalent knowledge
Bond Valuation
  • Discounted cash flow
  • Valuing fixed income instruments
  • Theories behind the yield curve