Fixed Income
Understanding bonds, yields, and fixed-income securities — the conceptual foundation for DeFi lending protocols such as Aave, Compound, and MakerDAO, as well as on-chain yield strategies. This section covers 19 topics spanning instrument features, valuation, risk measurement, credit analysis, and securitization.
Topics
Instruments & Markets
- Fixed-Income Instrument Features
- Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types
- Fixed-Income Issuance and Trading
- Fixed-Income Markets for Corporate Issuers
- Fixed-Income Markets for Government Issuers
Valuation & Yields
- Bond Valuation: Prices and Yields
- Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Fixed-Rate Bonds
- Yield and Yield Spread Measures for Floating-Rate Instruments
- The Term Structure of Interest Rates
Risk Measurement
- Interest Rate Risk and Return
- Yield-Based Bond Duration Measures and Properties
- Yield-Based Bond Convexity and Portfolio Properties
- Curve-Based and Empirical Fixed-Income Risk Measures