Financial Markets
Dagmar Linnertová
Monday 13:00 – 14:00
Department of Finance, office 408
dagmar.linnertova@mail.muni.cz

MPF_AFIM Financial Markets
n2 + 2 : study materials in IS available
nLectures:
n1. Overview of the Financial Environment
2. Money Markets
3. Bond Markets
4. Equity Market, Stock Offering and Investor Monitoring,
5. Stock Valuation and Risk
6. Mutual Fund Operations
7. Financial Futures Markets
8. Option Markets
9. Mortgage Markets
10. Commercial Banking - Commercial Bank Operations
11. Commercial Banking - Bank Regulation and Bank Management
12. Commercial Banking - Bank Management
13. Summary of Investments
nSeminars: correspond with lectures (1 week lag)
qExtra points tasks + 2 in-term test + presentation of essay 10 – 15 minutes
n

MPF_AFIM Financial Markets
nEvaluation
qTwo progress tests - 30 points per each (at least 36 points necessary for participation in the
final test)
q22/3 or 23/3   and 3/5 or 4/5  (multiple choice, filling of gaps and short open questions) for
final evaluation is added 50 % of points from both tests (at most 30 points)
qEssay/ one student – presentation of an actual financial topic for 10 – 15 minutes (at most 20
points)
qFinal test – maximum 50 points
qExtra points from seminars (max 2 points per seminar = 20 points)

MPF_AFIM Financial Markets
n100 – 92  - A
n91 – 84 – B
n83 – 76 – C
n75 – 68 – D
n67 – 60 E
nLess F
nStudent who works in seminar may have more than 100 points at the end of the cource.

MPF_AFIM Financial Markets
nMADURA, Jeff. Financial institutions & markets. 10th ed. Australia: South-Western Cengage
Learning, c2012, xxxv, 714 s. ISBN 9780538482172. FIN 1731 – or some older version of this book
nGITMAN, Lawrence J a Jeff MADURA. Introduction to finance. 1st d. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2001,
xxx, 755 s. ISBN 0201635372.