CFA® L1 — Fixed Income
Bond pricing, yield, duration, convexity, credit risk, securitised products. Where most candidates struggle, and why.
Quick info
- Layer
- Professional Certifications
- Track
- CFA® Level 1
- Estimated hours
- 35 hrs
- Chapters
- 1
- Exam body
- CFA Institute
- Cost on Trustner
- Free
Every chapter below has Foundation, Deep Dive, and Advanced material — read in any order, expand each chapter to see the full content.
About this course
Fixed Income at CFA L1: bond pricing, yield, duration, convexity, credit risk, securitised products. ~10-12% of L1 weight. Where most candidates struggle.
Who this is for
- CFA L1 candidates.
- Fixed-income analysts and treasury professionals.
What you'll learn
- Bond cash-flow structures and price-yield relationship
- Duration and convexity
- Yield curves, term structure, credit spreads
- Securitised products — MBS, ABS basics
Course material — 1 chapters
Each chapter offers three tiers — Foundation for the core concept, Deep Dive for worked examples and practitioner depth, and Advanced for edge cases and exam tips. Click any chapter to expand.
About the exam
- Provider
- CFA Institute
Note: ~10-12% of CFA L1 weight.
The exam is administered by CFA Institute. Trustner Academy is not affiliated with CFA Institute; we provide independent preparatory educational material. See our disclaimer.
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