BKF_FITR Financial Markets

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Gabriela Oškrdalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Martin Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Miroslava Šikulová (lecturer)
Ing. Barbora Buchtová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Hana Florianová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Gabriela Oškrdalová, 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
Sat 10. 10. 12:50–16:15 P312, Sat 24. 10. 8:30–11:50 P312, Sat 14. 11. 8:30–11:50 P312
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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 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.
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 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
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • PAVLÁT, Vladislav. Kapitálové trhy. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Professional publishing, 2005, 318 s. ISBN 8086419878. info
  • MISHKIN, Frederic S. and Stanley G. EAKINS. Financial markets and institutions. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009, xxxix, 675. ISBN 9780321374219. info
  • SIEGEL, Jeremy J. Investice do akcií : běh na dlouhou trať. Translated by Radomír Čížek. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011, 295 stran. ISBN 9788024738604. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of lectures. A submitted semester paper (POT) will be assessed either passed or failed. Requirements for admission to the test are the following: - submission of semester paper (POT) assessed as passed. - completing assigned questionnaires. The course is completed by a written test. 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.
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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