NBA 5550

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NBA 5550
Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Options

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

Designed to study the pricing, hedging, and risk management of fixed-income securities, interest rate and credit derivatives. Topics include the term structure of interest rates, interest rate swaps (caps, floors, collars), credit risk, corporate bond valuation, and credit derivatives. The method of instruction is lectures and discussion, with computer illustrations. A secondary theme of the course is the use of models in practice for risk management.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: NCC 5060, NCC 5010.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 15700 NBA 5550   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    ***Johnson and Graduate Students Only *** Letter or S/U. Letter will be technical, S/U will be non-technical. ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline to Change Grading Option: October 18th Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students – August 14th at 8:00am thru September 6th at 4:00pm. Non-Johnson Students: September 3rd at 8:00am thru September 6th at 4:00pm. You may add or drop a full semester class after September 6th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after October 18th you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17367 NBA 5550   LEC 002

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    ***Johnson and Graduate Students Only *** Letter or S/U. Letter will be technical, S/U will be non-technical. ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline to Change Grading Option: October 18th Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students – August 14th at 8:00am thru September 6th at 4:00pm. Non-Johnson Students: September 3rd at 8:00am thru September 6th at 4:00pm. You may add or drop a full semester class after September 6th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after October 18th you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows.

    Department Consent Required (Add)