ESF:MPF_FIIN Financial Investment - Course Information
MPF_FIIN Financial Investment
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Luděk Benada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Svoboda (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Luděk Benada, 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 18:00–19:50 P106
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- (! BPF_FIIN The Financial Investment )&& (! MPF_AFII Financial investments )
- 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 72 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/72, only registered: 0/72, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/72 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Finance and Law (programme ESF, N-FIPR)
- Finance (programme ESF, M-FU)
- Finance (programme ESF, N-FIN)
- Finance (programme ESF, N-FU)
- Finance Mathematics (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Course objectives
- The course Financial Investment is focused on fundamental principles of investment and investment instruments, their specifics and investing too. Opening part is devoted to investment and investment strategies, active and passive investment and its products. The next parts of the course are focused on investing in stocks, bonds, currencies, financial derivatives and real assets. Then students become familiar with collective investment, alternative investment, introduction to portfolio theory and financial investment in the Czech Republic and in the wordl.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- describe the advantages and drawbacks of financial products;
- define the current trends in investment;
- compare active and passive investment;
- characterize individual passive investment products;
- describe individual investment strategies;
- characterize investing in stocks, bonds, currencies, financial derivatives, real assets, collective investment and alternative investment;
- define the basics of the modern portfolio theory;
- summarize basic principles of diversification. - Syllabus
- 1. Investment and investment strategies;
- 2. Active and passive investment;
- 3. Passive investment products I;
- 4. Passive investment products II;
- 5. Investing in stocks;
- 6. Investing in bonds;
- 7. Investing in currencies;
- 8. Investing in financial derivatives;
- 9. Investing in real assets;
- 10. Investing in collective investment funds;
- 11. Alternative investments;
- 12. Intoduction to the portfolio theory, portfolio diversification;
- 13. Financial investment in the Czech Republic and in the world.
- Literature
- required literature
- JÍLEK, Josef. Akciové trhy a investování. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 656 s. ISBN 9788024729633. info
- REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy (Financial markets). 4., aktual. a rozšířené. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2014, 768 pp. Profesionál, 3593. ISBN 978-80-247-3671-6. info
- VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 2., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 789 s. ISBN 9788073576479. info
- recommended literature
- KOHOUT, Pavel. Investiční strategie pro třetí tisíciletí. 6. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010, 292 s. ISBN 9788024733159. info
- 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
- Teaching methods
- lectures, seminars - processing and presentation of a seminar project, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- The course is completed by a written exam. A submission and presentation of a seminar project will be assessed either passed or failed.
Requirements for admission to the test:
- the seminar project assessed "passed". - completing assigned questionnaires.
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 PFFINV nebo PFFINVA nebo BPF_FIIN nebo MPF_FIIA nebo MPF_AFII.
Credit evaluation note: k = 1,00. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- MPF_ACP1 The Security Analysis
(!MPF_ASAN)&& !NOWANY(MPF_ASAN,MPF_FIIN) - MPF_AFII Financial investments
(!BPF_FIIN) && (!MPF_FIIN)
- MPF_ACP1 The Security Analysis
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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