MPF_BUCP Exchanges and securities

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Oleksandra Lemeshko (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Wed 11:05–12:45 P101
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPF_BUCP/01: each even Wednesday 9:20–11:00 P102, O. Rejnuš
MPF_BUCP/02: each odd Wednesday 9:20–11:00 P102, O. Rejnuš
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PFBUCP Exchanges and securities
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 180 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/180, only registered: 0/180, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/180
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is focused on the issue of securities and trading on publicly organized markets. The course begins with explaining the basic functions of exchange markets, continues with systemic definition of their internal structure, the mechanism of their functioning and also deals with economic impacts in the case of their failure. Then it focuses on the basic types of financial investment instruments, in particular the stock traded securities, as well as the derivative instruments, securities of mutual funds and structured products. At the same time, the course also pays attention to entities involved in transactions in securities. And last but not least it deals with fundamental, technical and psychological analysis and provides practical exercises in the area of trading in securities on stock exchanges both in the Czech Republic and abroad. At the end of the course students should acquire a comprehensive understanding of the importance of financial investment instruments and be able to identify their specific properties. Together with the acquired practical knowledge of the principles of investments and dealing in them, the students should be able to carry out commercial transactions in the Czech Republic and on stock exchanges abroad.
Syllabus
  • Lecture syllabus:
  • 1) Importance of organized markets and their impact on operation of financial and economic system.
  • 2) Exchange systems and their functioning.
  • 3) Specific functions of various sub-segments of stock exchange system.
  • 4) Basic factors of investment strategy
  • 5) Basic classes of shares, their characteristics and ways of trading.
  • 6) Fundamental analysis.
  • 7) Technical analysis.
  • 8) Psychological analysis.
  • 9) Basic types of bonds, their characteristics and ways of trading.
  • 10) Investment through mutual funds.
  • 11) Derivative transactions (trading futures contracts and options exchanges).
  • 12) Specific features of structured products and their trading.on stock exchanges 13) Specifics of exchange traded commodities and foreign currencies.
  • Seminar syllabus:
  • 1) Introduction to course of "Securities and Exchange“.
  • 2) Exchange systems of stock exchanges, ways of stock trading.
  • 3) Exchange trading of securities in Czech Republic (practical exercises of trading)
  • 4) In-term test; investment through mutual and investment funds
  • 5) Exchange trading of securities on foreign exchanges (practical exercises of trading on stock exchanges in the U.S. and Germany).
  • 6) Seminar with broker
  • 7) Final test
Literature
    required literature
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Cenné papíry a burzy. 2. přepracované. Brno: CERM, 2013, 406 pp. ISBN 978-80-214-4673-1. info
    recommended literature
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy (Financial Markets). Třetí rozšířené. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2011, 690 pp. Ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7418-128-3. info
    not specified
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Peněžní ekonomie - Finanční trhy (Monetary Economics - Financial Markets). 6th ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2012, 374 pp. ISBN 978-80-214-4415-7. info
  • JÍLEK, Josef. Finanční a komoditní deriváty v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005, 630 s. ISBN 8024710994. info
  • MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking and financial markets. 7th ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2004, xxxix, 679. ISBN 0-321-12235-6. 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
Teaching methods
The course has a form of lectures and seminars. Lectures take place each week, seminars in two-week intervals and are practically focused.
Assessment methods
Admission to an oral exam is subject to passing both in-term and final test, which are an integral part of the exam. "Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination."
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PFBUCP.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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