U.S. Bond Investing Basics
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Course overview
- Provider
- Coursera
- Course type
- Free online course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 16 hours
- Certificate
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course author
- Steven Levine
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Distinguish between types of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate and municipal debt issuance
Identify corporate and municipal bonds available to purchase and sell on an online trading platform
Grasp the market mechanics underlying each type of fixed income instrument
Conduct basic analyses and flag critical investment risks
Description
In this fixed income course, you will learn to distinguish between different types of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate and municipal debt issuance, identify corporate and municipal bonds available to purchase and sell on an online trading platform, grasp the market mechanics underlying each type of fixed income instrument, as well as conduct basic analyses, and flag critical investment risks.At the end of the course, you should be able to describe different types of corporate and municipal bond products available to buy and sell, some of the related risks you, as an investor, are likely to face, certain ways of mitigating them, as well as how to use an online trading platform to identify available securities to invest in, conduct due diligence, and much more
