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title: "BUS 411"
subtitle: "Fixed Income Security Analysis and Valuation"
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## Course Overview

Welcome to **BUS 411: Fixed Income Security Analysis and Valuation**.

As an introduction to the market valuation of fixed income securities, this course covers: history of fixed income securities; valuation methods for fixed income securities, including fixed and variable annuities, government and corporate bonds, defined benefit pension plans, bonds with contingencies, fixed income derivative securities; and, fixed income risk management using duration and convexity measures. 

Prerequisite: BUS 315 and BUS 360W, both with a minimum grade of C-; 60 units. 

## Course Materials

- **[Syllabus](course-outline.md)** 
- **[Lecture Notes](lecture_notes/index.qmd)** 
- **[Assignments](assignments/index.qmd)** 

## Getting Started

Browse the [Lecture Notes](lecture_notes/index.qmd) to access all course content. Each lecture is available in HTML on this site and can also be rendered to PDF for download.

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## Materials Update
Course materials will be updated over the course of the semester. Please check back regularly for the latest content.
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