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Credit Analysis Fundamentals

Learn to evaluate a company's creditworthiness like a bond analyst. Assess default risk, recovery, and credit deterioration signals.

Before this course

These cover the assumed background. You can start here anyway — nothing is locked.

Reading Financial Statements · Understanding Bonds and Fixed Income

Lessons in this course

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  1. 01The Five Cs of Credit Analysis
  2. 02Key Credit Metrics: Leverage, Coverage, and Liquidity
  3. 03Credit Deterioration: The Warning Signs
  4. 04Recovery Analysis: What Do You Get If They Default?
  5. 05Altman Z-Score: Quantifying Bankruptcy Risk
  6. 06Covenant Taxonomy: Reading an Indenture by Purpose
  7. 07Credit Default Swaps: Pricing the Insurance
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