In this course you will learn:

This introductory level course is perfect to prepare and expose new candidates to the world of financial markets. It will also provide a useful refresher to those already familiar to the business.

  • Decipher most jargon associated to the financial markets

  • Identify the motives of hedgers and speculators when trading in securities

  • Distinguish between primary and secondary markets

  • Contrast OTC to exchange traded markets

  • Insights into the forex market, interest rate instruments and derivatives.

Course curriculum

    1. Some "Need-to-knows"

    2. Welcome and Learning Outcomes 💡

    1. Back to Basics

    2. Debt and Equity Securities

    3. What Asset Classes are Traded?

    4. Primary and Secondary Markets

    5. Who Transacts and Why?

    6. How?

    7. Exchange Traded Instruments

    8. The Basics of an Exchange Traded Deal

    9. Market Makers

    10. Settlement Dates

    11. Summary Slides

    12. Test your Knowledge

    1. Be Mindful of the Risks

    2. Risks in Financial Market Transactions

    3. Lifecycle of a Trade and Risks

    1. Money Market Characteristics

    2. Short-term Interest Rates

    3. Interest Rate Benchmarks

    4. South Africa Benchmark Rates

    5. Money Market Products

    6. Tradeable securities

    7. Interbank Money Market

    8. Treasury Bills

    9. NCD's

    10. Secondary Markets NCD's

    11. Money Market Equations

    12. Repo's

    13. Repo's continued

    14. Summary Slides

    15. Test Your knowledge

    1. Introduction

    2. Bond Defintions

    3. Bond Characteristics

    4. Risks

    5. Types of Bonds

    6. Bonds with Embedded Derivatives

    7. Bond Pricing Overview

    8. What is a Yield Curve?

    9. Stylized Yield Curve Examples

    10. Summary Slides

    11. Test Your Knowledge

    1. Introduction

    2. ISO Currency Codes

    3. Characteristics and Definitions

    4. OTC vs Exchange Traded

    5. Interpreting Exchange Rates

    6. Spot and Pre-Spot Deals

    7. Cross Rates

    8. What Determines Exchange Rates?

    9. Summary FX eBook

    10. Test Your Knowledge

About this course

  • 65 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content