Equity Markets

This course covers the fundamentals of the equity markets including the purpose and role in companies’ financing strategies, and the features, characteristics and risks of the various products traded. An understanding of these products, from both the investor’s and issuer’s viewpoint will be discussed.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Define equity and its role in companies’ financing strategies
• Discuss the size of the US and global equity markets and compare them to the US and global bond markets
• Enumerate and describe the issuers in capital markets and their needs
• Identify investors in capital markets and their needs
• Describe characteristics of equity products
  • Stocks
  • Preferred shares
  • Warrants
  • Hybrid capital
  • Equity indices and products based on them
    • Equity linked notes and funds
  • Compare and contrast advantages and risks of equity products
  • Identify some key equity trading strategies
    • Differentiate between role of hedgers and speculators
  • Debate controversy over short selling
  • Evaluate recent regulatory influence and developments in equity markets

Suggested Prerequisites:None

Program Level:Foundational

Advance Preparation: None

Computers and Financial Calculators: N/A

Recommended CPE Credits: 7