Introduction to Bond Markets and Fixed Income
Bond Markets are extremely important for everyone to understand even if you don’t trade
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They directly impact day to day parameters like Interest Rates, Inflation and impact of money printing. Bond markets also compete with Stock markets for investment capital, and you’ll see that they trade in opposite directions for the most part, but sometimes these correlations break down.
- Bond Market Details - The structure of a Bond, Coupon Rate , Yield to Maturity and other Bond Market specific terms are described in the course
- Risk Hierarchy in Bonds - There are several types of Bonds, with the US Treasury bonds considered the safest investment asset in the world. All other bonds are priced based on Treasurys
- Bonds and Interest Rates - Bond Markets set interest rates for all types of borrowing for commercial and retail customers. Interest rates change and this has big impact on Bonds and the larger economy
- Bonds and Inflation - Although Bonds and Inflation are not directly related, Inflation is affected by Interest Rates. These relationships are explained
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