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Gain an Insight into Basic Financial Measures Such as Current Yield, Yield-to-Maturity, and Total Return Analysis from This Popular E-Learning Course.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23649) has announced the addition of E-Learning Course - Financial Mathematics to their offering.

A comprehensive e-learning product dealing with the fundamental concepts in finance such as Time Value of Money, Yield Measures and Bond Pricing.

The themes of this product are:

Evaluate cash flows at various points in time

Gain an insight into basic financial measures such as current yield, yield-to-maturity, and total return analysis

Analyze the mechanics of bond pricing and issues involved therein

Understand the concepts of volatility and correlation in financial asset prices

Course Overview

Financial Mathematics is a building block to learners in the field of finance. The topics expose the user to fundamental concepts such as cash flows, present value, future value, yield, and probability that form the basis for further advanced learning.

After completing this course you will be familiar with:

- Understand the dynamics of cash flows

- Calculate the various yield measures such as current yield & yield-to-maturity

- Calculate the price of option-free bonds and price/volatility characteristics of bonds with embedded options Embedded Option

An option that is an inseparable part of another instrument. Compare this to a normal (or bare) option, which trades separately from the underlying security.

Notes:
A common embedded option is the call provision in most corporate bonds.
 

- Comprehend volatility and correlation and methods to calculate them

Target Audience:

Everyone involved in the global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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Supervisory Agencies

Central Banks This is a list of central banks.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
 

Financial Institutions

Commercial Banks

Investment Banks The following is a list of investment banks Financial conglomerates
Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking and investment banking, and sometimes insurance.
 

Housing Societies/Thrifts

Mutual Funds

Brokerage Houses

Stock Exchanges

Derivatives derivatives

In finance, contracts whose value is derived from another asset, which can include stocks, bonds, currencies, interest rates, commodities, and related indexes. Purchasers of derivatives are essentially wagering on the future performance of that asset.
 Exchanges

Insurance Companies

Multinational Corporations

Main article: multinational corporations

  • ABB
  • ABN-Amro
  • Accenture
  • Aditya Birla
  • Affiliated Computer Services Inc
  • Airbus
  • Allianz
  • Altria Group
  • American Express
  • Akzo Nobel
  • Apple Inc.
 

Accountancy Firms

Consultancy Firms

Law Firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 

Rating Agencies

Multi-lateral Financial Institutions

Others

Course Level and Number of Courses:

Basic Level

Library of 7 Courses

Instructional Method:

Dynamic, Interactive e-learning

Recommended Background:

Familiarity with basic financial concepts

Library of 7 Courses

Time taken to complete each Course: Two - Three hours

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