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Stocks, Bonds, Options Online - Securities Basics for Lawyer

Format:On Demand Webcast - available 24 hours/day
Length:2 Hours
CLE Credits:Usually 1.5 - 2 depending on the state
Presented by:Reuben Advani, Former Investment Banker, Author, Professor
Tuition:$199/ Session
Register:Click here to Register Now!

Attorneys play a vital role in capital formation and deal structuring for companies of all sizes. This Continuing Legal Education (CLE/MCLE) course is designed to offer attorneys a better understanding of the financial instruments they help structure. Topics covered will include: stocks, bonds, options, futures, and arbitrage. The course will also introduce basic concepts of arbitrage in a manner that requires no mathematical background. Additionally, the course will explore these concepts in the context of real cases drawn from recent transactions.

Click here to download Chapter 1 of The Wall Street MBA by Telestrat President Reuben Advani

  1. Background on Securities
    • Capital Formation
    • Securities Classes
    • Securities and Hedging
  2. Stocks
    • Structure
    • Valuation
    • Volatility Measures
    • Bid/Ask
    • Pricing
  3. Bonds
    • Structure
    • Valuation
    • Debentures
    • Coupon vs. Yield
    • Fixed vs. Floating
    • High Yield Debt
    • Pricing
  1. Options
    • Structure
    • Calls vs. Puts
    • Options in Hedging
    • Black-Scholes Model
    • Pricing
  2. Futures
    • Commodities
    • Cost of Carry
    • Exchanges
    • Fair Value
    • Pricing
  3. Arbitrage
    • Option Arbitrage
    • Currency Arbitrage
    • Merger Arbitrage
    • Index Arbitrage
    • Pricing

Reuben Advani

Former Investment Banker, Author, Professor

Reuben Advani is president of Telestrat Consulting, Inc., a financial advisory boutique which specializes in corporate valuation. Mr. Advani began his career with the Wall Street bank, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. where he worked in the firm’s corporate finance division. At Morgan Stanley, he performed detailed valuation analysis on acquisition targets for Fortune 500 companies and oversaw the coordination of several debt and equity issuances. After Morgan Stanley, Mr. Advani joined Sony Corporation of America where he was active in the development of Sony's online initiatives. Mr. Advani has provided consulting services to companies throughout the U.S. and Latin America and has held interim positions with several of them including CFO and COO. He is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from corporate valuation to financial reporting and is the author of The Wall Street MBA (McGraw-Hill).

Mr. Advani holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School, and serves as an adjunct professor of finance at Drexel University.

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