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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