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Bond: Yield Curves and Strategies
Course modified date: 22 September 2025
- Course Duration:0.5 hr
- Course Full Fee:SGD 30
Course information
Synopsis
A yield curve spells out the yield for various maturities for a given credit quality. This section considers some typical shapes of a yield curve and discusses how trading and investment strategies may be implemented based on one’s expectation of the changes in a yield curve.
Learning Objectives
- (1) Understand the issues and difficulty in the construction of a yield curve
(2) Know how to formulate a trading or investment strategy based on one’s view of the yield curve
(3) Know the typical shapes of yield curves and some theories that attempt to explain them
Course Instructor
Chan Onn
Content Expert
Dr. CHAN Onn's background is in the field of Mathematics. He was a faculty member of the department of Mathematics at NUS and was part of the Financial Markets Education team at UBS AG Singapore.
Funding Options
Concessionary rates are also available for bulk enrolments. Please email us at smartlearn@comeandsee.com.sg and we will reply to you within 2 working days.
Fixed Income Markets
Course modified date: 22 September 2025
- Course Duration:1.5 hr
- Course Full Fee:SGD 80
Course information
Synopsis
The fixed income market is a major segment of the financial market. In this course, we discuss money market instruments and the three factors that matter for any fixed income instrument. Bonds are essentially IOUs (I owe you) with maturity longer than a year. This course also covers the characteristics of bonds and their price quotes, the computation of the yield–to– maturity for a bond as well as the relationship between the yield and expected return when the bond is held to maturity.
Learning Objectives
- (1) Know the distinction between primary and secondary markets
(2) Know about the money market and the common instruments in it
(3) Know how to compute the discount yield on a treasury bill
(4) Know how to compute the yield–to– maturity of a bond
(5) Know what a credit rating implies for a bond
(6) Know the key features to look out for when trading or investing in a bond
(7) Know about the price quoting convention for USD and SGD bonds
(8) Know how to compute the accrued interest on a bond given its day–count convention.
(9) Know the definition of current yield
(10) Know to compute the duration, and price–value per basis point of a bond
Course Instructor
Chan Onn
Content Expert
Dr. CHAN Onn's background is in the field of Mathematics. He was a faculty member of the department of Mathematics at NUS and was part of the Financial Markets Education team at UBS AG Singapore.
Funding Options
Concessionary rates are also available for bulk enrolments. Please email us at smartlearn@comeandsee.com.sg and we will reply to you within 2 working days.
Understanding Fixed Income
Course modified date: 22 September 2025
- Course Duration:2.5 hr
- Course Full Fee:SGD 180
Course information
Synopsis
You cannot make an informed investment by simply looking at the financial accounts of the business, or at business cycles and trends. One of the most important factors to consider is the economy and the markets. This set of modules covers money markets and the three factors that matter for any fixed income instrument as well as the characteristics of bonds and their price quotes. The course also outlines the typical shapes of yield curves, and how trading and investment strategies may be implemented based on one's expectation of the changes in a yield curve.
Learning Objectives
- (1) Know the different markets
(2) Understand how bonds work
(3) Know how to calculate yield-to-maturity
(4) Know how to use the yield curve
Course Instructor
Chan Onn
Content Expert
Dr. CHAN Onn's background is in the field of Mathematics. He was a faculty member of the department of Mathematics at NUS and was part of the Financial Markets Education team at UBS AG Singapore.
Funding Options
Concessionary rates are also available for bulk enrolments. Please email us at smartlearn@comeandsee.com.sg and we will reply to you within 2 working days.