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An E-Learning Course on Money Markets - Including for Example Exploring the Principal Money Market Instruments.


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River.
, Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles.  -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c31793) has announced the addition of E-Learning Course: Money Markets to their offering.

This course covers the fundamentals of the money markets. All of the major money market instruments Money market instruments

See: Cash investments
 are examined in detail, including deposits, CDs, bills of exchange, commercial paper, treasury bills and repos. Price and yield calculations for these instruments are also covered. The course concludes by looking at money market futures, one of the most convenient and useful instruments available to market participants The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents.  looking to hedge an existing or future interest rate exposure.

Objectives

In this course, you will explore:

--the constituent CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 893.
     2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue of his authority.
 parts of the money markets and the different types of participants

--the role of interest rates in the money markets

--the principal money market instruments

--price and yield calculations for these instruments

--the various uses of money market futures, with particular emphasis on the use of these instruments to hedge interest rate exposure

Prerequisite pre·req·ui·site  
adj.
Required or necessary as a prior condition: Competence is prerequisite to promotion.

n.
 Knowledge

Previous knowledge of this area is not required.

Learner Profile

This course is designed for:

--new or recent recruits to banking and financial organizations

--trainee money market dealers and traders Traders

Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread.
 

--operations and support staff

--sales and marketing executives

--finance and accounting staff

--IT staff

--compliance and regulatory staff

Language

English

Topics Covered

1. Money Market Calculations - Short-Term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 Instruments

1.1 Types of Money Market Instruments

1.2 Calculations for Interest Bearing Instruments (Short-Term)

1.3 Calculations for Discount instruments (Short-Term)

2. Money Markets - Interest Rates

2.1 Interest Rates Defined

2.2 Levels of Interest Rates

2.3 Interest Rates and the Economy

2.4 Borrowing and Lending Maturities

2.5 Interest Rates and Yield Curves

3. Money Markets - Call & Fixed Deposits

3.1 Call Deposits - Fundamentals

3.2 Fixed Deposits - Fundamentals

3.3 Call and Fixed Deposits Compared

3.4 Deposit Calculations

4. Money Markets - Certificates of Deposit (CDs)

4.1 Features of Certificates of Deposit

4.2 Life Cycle of a Certificate of Deposit

4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Certificates of Deposit

4.4 Dealing Certificates of Deposit

5. Money Markets - Bills of Exchange

5.1 Definition of a Bill of Exchange

5.2 Key Features of a Bill of Exchange

5.3 Definition and Key Features of Trade Bills

5.4 Definition and Key Features of Bankers Acceptances

6. Money Markets - Commercial Paper (CP)

6.1 Commercial Paper Issuance and Placement

6.2 Issuers of Commercial Paper

6.3 Investors in Commercial Paper

6.4 Credit Risk of Commercial Paper

6.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Commercial Paper

7. Money Markets - Treasury Bills

7.1 The Essentials of Treasury Bills

7.2 Issuing and Pricing T-bills

7.3 Negotiation of a Treasury Bill Deal

8. Money Markets - Repurchase re·pur·chase  
tr.v. re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing, re·pur·chas·es
To buy (something) again.

n.
The act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.

Noun 1.
 (Repo) Agreements

8.1 Repurchase Agreements Repurchase agreement

An agreement with a commitment by the seller (dealer) to buy a security back from the purchaser (customer) at a specified price at a designated future date.
 

8.2 Development of the Repurchase Market

8.3 Calculating Repurchase Agreements

8.4 Features of Repurchase Agreements

8.5 Types of Repurchase Agreement

8.6 Executing Repurchase Agreements

8.7 Documenting Repos

9. Money Market Calculations - Term Instruments

9.1 Fixed Rate Term CDs

9.2 Floating Rate Notes and CDs

10. Money Market Futures

10.1 Money Market Futures Exchanges This is a list of futures exchanges. Those stock exchanges that also offer trading in futures contracts besides trading in securities are listed both here and the list of stock exchanges.  & Contracts

10.2 Using Money Market Futures

10.3 Hedging with Money Market Futures

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