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AMIB Asesor en Estrategias · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Marco regulatorio del mercado de valores mexicano & Instrumentos de renta fija

  • Map the regulatory architecture (CNBV, SHCP, Banxico, BMV/BIVA) into a one-page diagram labeling each body's function

  • List and define the key provisions of the Ley del Mercado de Valores governing intermediaries, disclosure, and market conduct

  • Identify the core features of fixed-income instruments (cupón, vencimiento, plazo, calificación) and classify at least eight instrument types

  • Solve ten basic pricing and yield exercises (precio limpio vs. sucio, rendimiento al vencimiento) without notes

Your checkpoint

A 2-page regulatory map plus a solved 10-question fixed-income problem set scoring at least 80%.

Week 2

Instrumentos de renta fija

  • Compute duration and modified duration for government and corporate bonds and explain the price-yield relationship

  • Differentiate money-market instruments (Cetes, papel comercial, pagarés) from long-term debt (bonos, obligaciones) by risk and use case

  • Interpret a yield curve and explain the expectations, liquidity, and term-premium theories behind its shape

  • Evaluate credit risk using rating scales and explain how spread compensates for default and liquidity risk

Your checkpoint

A comparative table of at least ten fixed-income instruments with issuer, plazo, risk profile, and typical investor, plus three worked duration examples.

Week 3

Instrumentos de renta variable

  • Distinguish equity instrument types (acciones ordinarias, preferentes, BDRs, fibras) and their rights and cash-flow characteristics

  • Apply valuation approaches (dividend discount, P/E multiples, book value) to at least two listed Mexican companies

  • Interpret key equity ratios (ROE, ROA, margen, razón de liquidez) and explain what each signals about a company

  • Explain how corporate actions (split, dividendo, suscripción) affect price and shareholder position

Your checkpoint

A one-page equity valuation memo for one BMV-listed issuer using two methods, with a stated conclusion.

Week 4

Análisis del entorno económico y de mercados & Instrumentos derivados

  • Explain how GDP, inflation, Banxico's tasa objetivo, and exchange-rate movements transmit into asset prices

  • Read a macroeconomic release calendar and describe the market impact of a surprise inflation print

  • Define forwards, futures, options, and swaps and state the purpose each serves for hedging versus speculation

  • Compute payoff and profit at expiration for a basic call and put position given a strike and premium

  • Explain margin, apalancamiento, and counterparty risk in derivative positions

Your checkpoint

A two-part exercise: a macro scenario note linking three indicators to asset-class implications, and a solved options payoff worksheet with four positions graphed.

Week 5

Sociedades de inversión y fondos & Teoría de portafolio y administración de riesgos

  • Classify sociedades de inversión by type (deuda, renta variable, mixtos) and explain how each is regulated and disclosed

  • Compare the fee structures and cost impact of funds (entrada, salida, administración) on net return

  • Compute expected return, variance, and standard deviation of a two-asset portfolio at several correlation levels

  • Explain diversification, the efficient frontier, and the Sharpe ratio, and apply them to rank three sample portfolios

  • Identify the main risk types (mercado, crédito, liquidez, operativo) and match each to a mitigation tool

Your checkpoint

A portfolio analytics sheet computing return, volatility, and Sharpe ratio for three sample portfolios and recommending one with justification.

Week 6

Teoría de portafolio y administración de riesgos & Planeación financiera y asesoría al cliente

  • Build a client risk-profile questionnaire and translate the output into an asset-allocation recommendation

  • Construct a model portfolio for three investor profiles (conservador, moderado, agresivo) with target weights and rationale

  • Explain the components of a financial plan (objetivos, horizonte, liquidez, seguro, retiro) and sequence them for a sample client

  • Calculate a client's required savings rate for a stated retirement goal and test sensitivity to return assumptions

  • Describe the disclosure and suitability obligations owed to a client before recommending a product

Your checkpoint

A complete client case file: risk profile, allocation, and a retirement savings projection with a sensitivity table.

Week 7

Ética y conducta profesional & Marco regulatorio del mercado de valores mexicano

  • Apply the code of conduct principles (conflictos de interés, confidencialidad, integridad de mercado) to five written ethical scenarios

  • Distinguish permissible from prohibited conduct in client communications, fees, and order handling

  • Revisit regulatory obligations on disclosure and suitability and connect them to ethical duties

  • Identify the correct escalation path for a suspected ethical breach

Your checkpoint

Written responses to five ethical scenarios, each citing the governing principle and the required action.

Week 8

Marco regulatorio del mercado de valores mexicano & Análisis del entorno económico y de mercados & Instrumentos de renta fija & Instrumentos de renta variable & Instrumentos derivados & Sociedades de inversión y fondos & Teoría de portafolio y administración de riesgos & Planeación financiera y asesoría al cliente & Ética y conducta profesional

  • Consolidate all nine domains into a one-page summary sheet per domain

  • Complete a full-length timed practice exam under test conditions

  • Review every missed item and tag it to a domain and a root cause (concept gap, misread, calculation error)

  • Re-drill the two weakest domains with targeted exercises until error rate is under 20%

Your checkpoint

A timed mock exam score with a written error-analysis log and a prioritized final-week review list.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 80% on a self-made 20-question fixed-income quiz covering pricing, duration, and instrument classification.

Week 4: Explain aloud, without notes, how a Banxico rate change flows into bond prices and equity valuations, and correctly solve four option payoff problems.

Week 6: Produce a complete client case file that a reviewer confirms is internally consistent: risk profile matches allocation, and the savings projection math checks out.

Week 8: Achieve at least 75% on the full-length timed mock exam with no domain below 60%, and submit the error-analysis log.