CKF_FITR Financial Markets

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Libich (lecturer), Ing. Dagmar Vágnerová Linnertová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Dagmar Vágnerová Linnertová, 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
Tue 24. 1. 10:00–11:50 S315, 13:00–16:50 S315, Wed 25. 1. 9:00–11:50 S315, 13:00–15:50 S315
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( TYP_STUDIA ( C ) && OBOR ( FINCP ))
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 twelve 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
Literature
    required literature
  • VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 3. vydání. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019, 950 stran. ISBN 9788075982124. 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 (in Czech)
- přednáška - výklad - výukové video -
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Student je povinen absolvovat přednášku v uceleném dvoudenním bloku. Předmět bude zakončem písemnou zkouškou ve formě testu hodnoceném známkou A-F. Přesný počet bodů na danou známku bude upřesněn na kurzu.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 12 hodin.
Credit evaluation note: k = 1,00.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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