BPF_FITR Financial Markets

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Gric, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Elena Láncošová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivana Kupčíková, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:50 P106
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BPF_FITR/01: Mon 8:00–9:50 P104, T. Plíhal
BPF_FITR/02: Wed 12:00–13:50 P201, E. Láncošová
BPF_FITR/03: Tue 16:00–17:50 P302b, Z. Gric
BPF_FITR/04: Thu 14:00–15:50 S310, T. Plíhal
BPF_FITR/05: Wed 8:00–9:50 P304, Z. Gric
BPF_FITR/06: Tue 18:00–19:50 P303, Z. Gric
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! BPF_FMRA Financial Markets )&&(! BPF_FMRN Financial Markets )&& (! MPF_AFIM Financial Markets )
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 127 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/127, only registered: 0/127, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/127
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is divided into thirteen relatively independent lecture blocks. Opening topics are focused on the structure of financial system and financial markets. Then students become familiar with investment instruments and portfolio, their yield, risk and liquidity, securities and financial derivatives. The next parts of the course are focused on stock exchanges and stock system, financial market indices, introduction to the analysis of shares (fundamental, technical, psychological) and collective investment. The final part is devoted to the regulation of financial markets, financial system trends, important events in financial markets in the Czech Republic and in the world and comparison of Czech financial markets and chosen foreign financial markets.
Learning outcomes
Student will 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 markets
  • 3. Investment instruments and portfolio - yield, risk and liquidity
  • Introduction to financial assets
  • 4. Securities and their characteristcs
  • 5. Introduction to financial derivatives
  • 6. Exchange system and Prague Stock Exchange
  • 7. Financial markets indices
  • 8. Introduction to the shares analysis
  • 9. Collective investment
  • 10. Regulation of financial markets
  • 11. Financial system trends
  • 12. Important events in financial markets in the Czech Republic and in the world
  • 13. Financial markets in the Czech Republic and in the world
Literature
    required literature
  • VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 2., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 789 s. ISBN 9788073576479. info
    recommended literature
  • MUSÍLEK, Petr. Trhy cenných papírů. 2., aktualiz a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2011, 520 s. ISBN 9788086929705. info
  • JÍLEK, Josef. Finanční trhy a investování. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 648 s. ISBN 9788024716534. info
  • MISHKIN, Frederic S. and Stanley G. EAKINS. Financial markets and institutions. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009, xxxix, 675. ISBN 9780321374219. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars - processing and submission of homework, class discussion
Assessment methods
The in-term tests will be written in the seminars of the 6th and the 12th week of the semester. A student can obtain up to 50 points for each test (max. 100 points). Processing and submission of homework will be assessed either passed or failed.
Requirements for admission to the test:
- obtaining at least 60 points at the in-term tests, which means 60% success rate.
- processing and submission of homework assessed "passed". - completing assigned questionnaires. - 2 absences accepted
The course is completed with an written 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.
Credit evaluation note: k = 1,00.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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