Reference for Tutorials:
Lionel Martellini, Philippe Priaulet, and Stephane Priaulet. Fixed-Income Securities: Valuation, Risk Management, and Portfolio Strategies. Wiley Finance Series.
Syllabus:
1. Revision of Basic Concepts: time value of money and incorporation of risk, etc
2. Discounted Cash Flows
3. Corporate Valuation
4. Weighted Average Cost of Capital
5. Overview of Fixed Income Securities and Bond Valuation
6. Theory of Interest Rates: yield curve (possible shapes, theories of yield curve), kinds of interest rates: spot rates, forward rates, simple and compunded interest (incl. logarithmic rates), short rates.