Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS): Basic to Advanced

<div>This course will introduce you to a variety of the more&nbsp; commonly-encountered types of mortgage-backed securities, pass-through&nbsp; securities, and CMO's, as well as a lot of the concepts used to assess&nbsp; the attractiveness of mortgage-backed securities and a lot of the&nbsp; details to help understand mortgage-backed securities and how they work.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This course contains 21 lectures among 4 sections:&nbsp;</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Introduction to Mortgages and Mortgage Backed Securities</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Pass Through Securities</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Analysis of Pass Through Securities</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">More about this course and Starweaver</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>This course is led by a seasoned capital markets industry practitioner and executive with many years of hands-on, in-the-trenches financial markets sales, trading and analysis work. It has been designed, produced and delivered by Starweaver. Starweaver is one of the most highly regarded, well-established training providers in the World, providing training courses to many of the leading financial institutions and technology companies, including:</div><div><br></div><div>Ahli United Bank; Mashreqbank; American Express; ANZ Bank; ATT; Banco Votorantim; Bank of America; Bank of America Global Markets; Bank of America Private Bank; Barclay Bank; BMO Financial Group; BMO Financial Services; BNP Paribas; Boeing; Cigna; Citibank; Cognizant; Commerzbank; Credit Lyonnais/Calyon; Electrosonic; Farm Credit Administration; Fifth Third Bank; GENPACT; GEP Software; GLG Group; Hartford; HCL; HCL; Helaba; HSBC; HSBC Corporate Bank; HSBC India; HSBC Private Bank; Legal &amp; General; National Australia Bank; Nomura Securities; PNC Financial Services Group; Quintiles; RAK Bank; Regions Bank; Royal Bank of Canada; Royal Bank of Scotland; Santander Corporate Bank; Tata Consultancy Services; Union Bank; ValueMomentum; Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo India Solutions; Westpac Corporate Bank; Wipro; and, many others.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy learning.</div>

What you'll learn:

• Describe the characteristics and types of mortgage loans and how they are securitized into mortgage-backed securities (MBS)
• Understand the role of MBS in the broader fixed income market and how they are used in portfolio construction and asset allocation strategies
• Evaluate the suitability of different MBS for different investor objectives and risk tolerances
• Determine the appropriate pricing and valuation techniques for different types of MBS
• Analyze the impact of interest rates and prepayment rates on the value of MBS
• Analyze the performance and risk characteristics of pass-through securities and how they differ from other types of MBS
• To describe what are pass-through securities, their risks, and how prices & yields are calculated for these instruments
• Understand the mechanics of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), their purpose and how they are structured to manage risk and return