Fixed Income Markets Certification – Bundle (Wall Street Prep) – Eric Cheung
A globally recognized certification program to prepare trainees with the skills they need to succeed as a Fixed Income Trader on either the Buy Side or Sell Side
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Earn a certification
Shareable on LinkedIn and in resumes
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Finish in 1 month
Recommended pace 6 hours/week
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Globally Recognized
The same program used at top banks
About this Certification Program
While other Fixed Income courses add formulas and complexity to hide the lack of real-world experience, Wall Street Prep’s Fixed Income Markets Certification was created by former sales and trading professionals focused on what interns, new hires and early career analysts need to know on the job.
Designed following extensive discussion with hiring managers at major investment banks, we built our Fixed Income program around practical requirements like Bloomberg, with Excel exercises to demystify how Bloomberg calculates Yield and Duration on a bond.
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9+ Hours of Video Instruction. Acquire expertise taught from an insider’s perspective. Master how to use the Bloomberg terminal to analyze bonds, yields and cashflows.
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A Comprehensive Program.Designed with input from the largest global investment banks on what Fixed Income salespeople and traders need to know.
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Meaningful, Shareable Certification. Graduates will receive a blockchain-verified, shareable certification that can easily be added to LinkedIn and resumes.
Your Path to Certification
This fixed income markets certification course is career-focused. We begin with an overview of the Fixed Income Market, sell-side investment banks and buy-side investors; move on to exploring how central banks impact bond yields; and discuss the yield curve. We demystify different fixed income products and build a basis for bond math. Using money markets, we learn about single cashflow investments and government bonds. Finally, we look at corporate bonds, discuss credit analysis, and take a look at the impact of seniority and collateral.
Recommended Path
- 1 Introduction to Financial Markets Week 1
- 2 Introduction to Bonds and Fixed Income Trading Week 1
- 3 Economics and the Role of a Central Bank Week 1
- 4 Money Markets Week 2
- 5 Government Bonds Week 3
- 6 Corporate Bonds Week 3
- 7 Mortgage Backed Securities Week 4
Complete in 25 Hours
The FIMC is a job-focused program that drills down on what Fixed Income Markets professionals need to know while cutting out the rest. Average completion time (coursework + exam) is 25 hours.
Skills Fixed Income Markets Employers Look For
- Fixed Income
Covered - Bloomberg Covered
- Hedging Covered
- Trading Covered
- Derivatives Covered
Top Jobs the FIMC Will Prepare You For
| Position | 1st Year Salary + Bonus * |
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| Credit Trader | $135-160,000 |
| Rates Trader | $135-160,000 |
| Fixed Income Salesperson | $135-160,000 |
| Fixed Income Structurer | $135-160,000 |
| Fixed Income Quant | $175-200,000 |
| Fixed Income Portfolio Manager | $105-130,000 |
| Debt Capital Markets Analyst | $135-160,000 |
| Corporate Treasury | $100-125,000 |
* glassdoor.com estimates.
$145K
The average starting salary + bonus for Fixed Income Markets Sales & Trading Analysts. See our Sales & Training Salary Guide for more details of the career and pay progression. Data on average starting salaries is based on glassdoor.com U.S. estimates.
What You’ll Learn
- Master the Bloomberg Bond DES screen
- Learn how bond traders and investors measure returns
- Decode the pricing and trading conventions of bonds
- Learn how to chart, graph and analyze bonds and yield curves on Bloomberg
- Use the Bloomberg Bond Calculators for Discounts and Yields
- Discover the Central Bank tools that move markets
- Calculate cashflows, yields and duration of actual bonds
- Demystify the difference between G, T I and Z spreads
- Understand the pricing and valuation process of new issue corporate bond
The FIMC© is the same program used to train new hires at Wall Street’s largest investment banks.
WSP trains investment professionals and traders at the world’s largest sell-side investment banks and buy-side asset managers.
“Our employees are telling us this is the best virtual learning experience they have ever had.
— Associate Director, Learning & Development
Global Investment Bank”
