Introduction to Capital Markets

Name: Introduction to Capital Markets
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Equities, Fixed Income and Derivative market

Created byRyan Spendelow

Last updated 2/2020

English

What you'll learn

Students will learn about the products, players and jargon of the capital and derivative markets. The capital markets are a place to raise money or invest money and students will learn about the two key capital markets – equities and fixed income. The derivative markets are a place to manage risk. Students will learn about futures, forwards, options and swaps.

Course content

3 sections • 30 lectures • 1h 38m total length

Equities, Shares and Ownership1:30
Equities as a form of funding1:40
Accounting Equity2:25
Shares in Issue and market capitalization2:11
Explore how ownership is divided into shares, calculate market capitalization from share count and price, and understand cap sizes with Apple examples and how buying pressure impacts price.
Growth and value stocks2:58
Cyclical and defensive stocks2:16
Introduction to Equity BETA3:04

What is a bond ?3:33
Key features of a bond2:53
Issuers of a bond5:41
Who invests in bond ?4:12
Types of bonds based on coupons4:24
Other types of bonds2:41
Explore convertible bonds that may convert to shares when stock value exceeds par value via the conversion ratio, and callable bonds with high fixed coupons redeemable early if rates fall.
What is a credit rating ?3:13
What drives the price of a bond?2:55
Understanding yield4:06
The yield Curve4:37

Physical, Capital and Derivative market3:27
Explore physical, capital, and derivative markets where buyers and sellers transact at prices driven by supply and demand, and learn how derivatives hedge risk and arbitrageurs profit from pricing differences.
What is a derivative?3:01
Types of derivatives3:27
Over the counter vs exchange driven derivatives2:47
Long vs short positions2:40
Hedgers, arbitrators and arbitrageurs3:23
What is a futures contract?2:57
The role of the futures exchange3:34
What is a forward contract?2:57
Call option basics4:22
Put options basics3:58
Interest rate swaps4:58
Different types of swaps2:42

Requirements

No prior knowledge is required.

Description

This course is a foundation programme in financial markets. It covers the major capital markets – equities and debt and the main derivative markets – futures, forwards, options and swaps.

Students will learn about each of the main products and how they are used by companies and institutions such as fund managers and banks.

Through the course students will:

Gain confidence in understanding the terminology used in the markets.
Learn distinct features of equity product and its market
Learn distinct features of fixed income products
Learn to price a simple bond and read bond yield curve
Understand working of range of derivative products and its application in financial market
Understand the dynamics of different market structures

Who this course is for:

Students studying the financial markets and anyone hoping to further their career in financial services.

Introduction to Capital Markets

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Course content

Introduction to Equities7 lectures • 16min

Introduction to Fixed Income10 lectures • 38min

Introduction to Derivatives13 lectures • 44min

Requirements

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