Aug 15, 2026  
2026-2027 University Catalog 
    
2026-2027 University Catalog

FIN 51100 - Fixed Income Securities


Credit Hours: 2.00.  Introduction to fixed income securities. Discusses a variety of contracts-starting with pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, and callable bonds. Continues with options on bonds, caps, floors, and interest rate swaps. Introduces the theory of the term structure and present models for pricing fixed income securities. Topics include: spot and forward markets for debt instruments, simple models for interest rate risk management, duration, convexity, organized exchange-traded interest rate contracts, interest rate swaps, pricing relationships and the theory of the term structure, and single factor models for pricing interest rate claims. 
Credit Hours: 2.00