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FIN-4224: Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and Management

Description: Analysis of fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury notes and bonds, municipal bonds, money market securities, and home mortgages. The analysis include interest rate risk, credit risk, bond valuation theory, and the valuation of embedded options in the bond contract. Theories of the term structure of interest rates are presented. Must have a grade of C or better in prerequisites of FIN 3144 and 3154.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-3134 and FIN-3144 and FIN-3154

Required By: FIN-4226

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 2.95 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 17.73%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.94%

Frederick Hood202428.9%45.2%19.2%2.8%1.5%2.6%3.0018
George E Morgan202225.9%37.0%22.5%5.9%3.8%4.9%2.785
Jerchern Lin201934.4%31.3%31.2%3.1%0.0%0.0%2.861

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W