THE BRAZILIAN FINANCIAL MARKET AND FIXED INCOME INVESTMENTS: A Didactic-Pedagogical Approach
Applications; Financial education; Investments; Financial Mathematics; Financial market; Profitability.
This work aims to contribute to teaching of Financial Education and Financial Mathematics, worked in the classroom, through a didactic-pedagogical approach involving concepts inherent to the Brazilian financial market and to fixed income investments. In this perspective, didactic-pedagogical material elaborated contemplates, in detail, the fixed income investments available in the financial market according to safety and liquidity criteria, in order to contribute to the current scenario, in which Financial Education is necessary. In addition, this material seeks to help teachers, students and beginning investors to understand nuances of the financial market. Therefore, preparation of this work took place through a bibliographical and documental research on the subject, making it possible to establish the dynamics of the Financial Market and outline the Financial Mathematics necessary to understand financial investments of fixed income. The effects resulting from this work show a) The importance of Financial Mathematics for understanding financial applications of Fixed Income; b) The relevance of understanding financial market dynamics and how the measures adopted by National Financial System impact Fixed Income investments and society; c) The principles of fixed income investments and their potential for practical application in the implementation policies of Financial Education in Basic Education.