MKF_PZOZ Preparation for broker's exams

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2018
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. Peter Mokrička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Barbora Buchtová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Věra Jančurová (assistant)
Ing. Bc. Jana Hvozdenská, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
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 3. 11. 12:00–15:50 P304, Sat 8. 12. 12:00–19:50 P304
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 of Preparation for Broker's Exam prepares students to pass a broker's exam and become a broker in the area of investing in investment instruments. Students will get acquainted with principles of the financial market, regulation of the capital market, foreign capital markets, investment instruments, operations in stock market and after-hours dealing, principles of trading in the financial market, organization of activities of a broker, collective investment, investment strategies and portfolio theory, financial analysis of a company and derivatives.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: - successfully complete a broker's exam; - prove professional skills by providing of investment services - describe principles and functioning of financial markets; - characterize investment, investment instruments, portfolio and investment strategies; - define regulation of the capital market; - clarify the issue of international capital markets; - explain principles of trading in financial markets; - describe collective investment; - clarify financial analysis of a firm; - explain organization of a company and specific activities of a securities trader; - characterize derivatives.
Syllabus
  • 1) Professional minimum on the financial market, principles and functioning of financial markets, theory of finance 2) Regulation and financial market supervision, regulation of the providing of investment services 3) Selected issues of foreign capital markets 4) Investment instruments and their issues 5) Operations in stock market and ex-pit operations 6) Investment services and principles of trading on financial markets 7) Company organization and specific activities of a broker, rules of dealing with customers, risk management 8) Investment funds 9) Investments, investment strategies and portfolio and related risks 10) Financial analysis 11) Derivatives I - basic concepts; fixed term transactions (forward, futures, swaps) 12) Derivatives II - Option and option strategies 13) Derivatives III - Structured Products and others
Literature
    required literature
  • MUSÍLEK, Petr. Trhy cenných papírů. 2., aktualiz a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2011, 520 s. ISBN 9788086929705. 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
  • OŠKRDALOVÁ, Gabriela, Peter MOKRIČKA, Petr ČERVINEK, Miroslava ŠIKULOVÁ, Martin SVOBODA, Alois KONEČNÝ, Eva KUTOVÁ, Ivana VALOVÁ and Dagmar LINNERTOVÁ. Zkoušky odborné způsobilosti na kapitálových trzích : 1830 otázek pro makléře, investory a poradce (Broker's exams: 1830 questions for brokers, investors and advisers). 2. vyd. Brno: Edika, 2012, 464 pp. ISBN 978-80-266-0107-4. info
  • JÍLEK, Josef. Akciové trhy a investování. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 656 s. ISBN 9788024729633. info
    not specified
  • Zákon č. 256/20004 Sb., o podnikání na kapitálovém trhu a další související právní normy
Teaching methods
Tutorials (lectures)
Assessment methods
The course takes the form of tutorials. Students are allowed to take the test after: - the seminar work has been written, handed over and marked with PASSED by a tutor. - completing assigned questionnaires. 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.
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 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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