PFFITR Financial Markets

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Gabriela Oškrdalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Gabriela Oškrdalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Timetable
Fri 10:15–11:50 P101
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PFFITR/1: No timetable has been entered into IS. G. Oškrdalová
PFFITR/2: Fri 8:30–10:05 S313, G. Oškrdalová
PFFITR/3: Wed 11:05–12:45 P403, G. Oškrdalová
PFFITR/4: No timetable has been entered into IS. G. Oškrdalová
PFFITR/5: Thu 9:20–11:00 S311, G. Oškrdalová
PFFITR/6: Wed 12:50–14:30 S311, G. Oškrdalová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět Finanční trhy vychází ze základních znalostí makroekonomie.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 144 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/144, only registered: 0/144, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/144
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is divided into thirteen relatively independent lecture blocks. Opening topics are focused on the structure of financial system and its development trends. Then students become familiar with the issue of securities, their types, financial derivatives, stock exchanges and stock system, the regulation of financial and capital markets and capital market indices. The next parts of the course are focused on the analysis of shares (fundamental, technical, psychological) and the final part is devoted to collective investment schemes.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- specify the financial system, its functions, subjects and their relations
- identify trends in the financial system
- describe financial markets
- characterize basic types of securities
- explain the nature of financial derivatives
- describe stock exchange system and the Prague Stock Exchange
- define the regulation of financial markets
- characterize indices of capital markets
- specify the basics of fundamental, technical and psychological analysis of shares
- describe the essentials of efficient markets theory
- define the collective investment scheme.
Syllabus
  • 1. Financial system
  • 2. Financial system trends
  • 3. Financial markets and securities
  • 4. Types of securities
  • 5. Introduction to financial derivatives
  • 6. Exchange system and Prague Stock Exchange
  • 7. Regulation of financial and capital markets
  • 8. Indices of capital markets
  • 9. Analysis of shares - fundamental analysis
  • 10. Analysis of shares - technical analysis
  • 11. Analysis of shares - efficient markets theory and psychological analysis
  • 12. – 13. Collective investment schemes
Literature
  • BLAKE, David. Analýza finančních trhů. Translated by Aleš Hrnčíř - Petr Šedý - Pavel Šimůnek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1995, 623 s. ISBN 8071692018. info
  • JÍLEK, Josef. Finanční trhy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1997, 527 s. ISBN 8071694533. info
  • MUSÍLEK, Petr. Finanční trhy a investiční bankovnictví. Praha: ETC Publishing, 1999, 852 s. ISBN 80-86006-78-6. info
  • PAVLÁT, Vladislav. Kapitálové trhy. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2003, 296 s. ISBN 80-86419-33-9. info
  • BREALEY, Richard A. and Stewart C. MYERS. Teorie a praxe firemních financí. Translated by Zdeněk Tůma - Milan Tůma. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1992, 1 sv. (rů. ISBN 80-85605-24-4. info
  • JÍLEK, Josef. Finanční trhy pro národohospodáře. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 1997, 437 s. ISBN 8070798602. info
  • PAVLÁT, Vladislav. Kapitálové trhy a burzy ve světě. Praha: Grada, 1993, 389 s. ISBN 80-85424-90-8. info
  • ROSE, Peter S. Peněžní a kapitálové trhy. Finanční systém ve stále globálnější ekonomice. Translated by Libor G. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1014 s. :. info
  • SHARPE, William F. and Gordon J. ALEXANDER. Investice. Translated by Zdeněk Šlehofr. 4. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 810 s. ISBN 80-85605-47-3. info
Assessment methods
The in-term tests will be written in the seminars of the 4th and the 10th week of the semester. A student can obtain up to 25 points for each test (max. 50 points), which are included in the final grade as its 50% part. A submission and presentation of a seminar project will be assessed either passed or failed.
Requirements for admission to the test:
- obtaining at least 30 points at the in-term tests, which means 60% success rate.
- the seminar project assessed "passed".
The course is completed with an exam. The exam consists of two parts - a written test (max. 40 points, min. 25) and oral exam (max. 10 points).
If a student commits a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools (e.g. cheatsheets), cribbing, taking out any part of the test or any other form of cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt the test and to grade the student with F, FF or even FFF, according to the seriousness of the offence. The described procedure applies to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (semester project).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009.
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