Financial Mathematics Training
16 hours/3 months access/Instructor Supported
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 able to:
Financial Mathematics
Time taken to complete each Course: Two - Three hours
1. Basic Financial Measures
· Objectives
· Yield Measures
· Total Return Analysis
· Net Present Value
· Duration
· Convexity
· Price Value of a Basis Point
2. Time Value of Money
· Objectives
· Introduction
· Future Value of Money
· Present Value of Money
· Future Value of Annuities
· Present Value of Annuities
· Present Value of Perpetuities
· Amortization
3. Bond Pricing
· Objectives
· Pricing of Option-free Bond
· Pricing of Floater/Inverse Floater
· Price Determination between Coupon Periods
· Yield Analysis
· Price Volatility
4. Yield Curve Analysis
· Objectives
· Introduction to Yield Curve Analysis
· Types of Yield Curves
· Analyzing Yield Curve
· Bond Arbitrage Strategies
· Application of Yield Curves
5. Probability Distributions and their Properties
· Objectives
· Introduction
· Types of Probability Distribution
6. Measuring Volatility
· Objectives
· Review of Concepts
· Normal Distribution
· Introduction to Volatility
· Estimating Volatility
7. Correlation and Regression Analysis
· Objectives
· Introduction to Correlation
· Calculating Correlation
· Regression Analysis
JOB AIDS
· Measurement Tools
Calculators in Financial
Mathematics
1. Amortization
2. Convexity
3. Basis Point Value
4. Current Yield
5. Duration of Bond
6. Net Present Value
7. Present Value of uneven series
8. Simple Linear Regression
9. Time Value of Money
10. Total Return
11. Yield-to-Call
12. Yield-to-Maturity
13. Price of Option-free Bond
14. Future Value of uneven series
15. Dirty Price and Clean Price
16. Internal Rate of Return
17. Payment Calculator
Elearning Features
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Learner friendly courses with:
> Formulae, definitions and concise summaries
> Interactive simulations
> Solved examples, practice exercises and quizzes
> Mock exams from proprietary database
> Timed tests in exam format
> Personalized results for self assessment
> Glossary, FAQs, Pocket Reference
> Valuable reference extracts
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> E-mail subject-matter expert
> Online with 24x7 customer support