PFBUCP Exchanges and securities

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Oldřich Rejnuš, CSc.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Timetable
Wed 11:05–12:45 P106
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PFBUCP/1: each even Wednesday 9:20–11:00 P403, O. Rejnuš
PFBUCP/2: each odd Wednesday 9:20–11:00 P403, O. Rejnuš
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 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/120
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on the issue of securities and trading on publicly organized markets. The course begins with explaining the basic functions of exchange markets, continues with systemic definition of their internal structure, the mechanism of their functioning and also deals with economic impacts in the case of their failure. Then it focuses on the basic types of financial investment instruments, in particular the stock traded securities, as well as the derivative instruments, securities of mutual funds and structured products. At the same time, the course also pays attention to entities involved in transactions in securities. And last but not least it deals with fundamental, technical and psychological analysis and provides practical exercises in the area of trading in securities on stock exchanges both in the Czech Republic and abroad. At the end of the course students should acquire a comprehensive understanding of the importance of financial investment instruments and be able to identify their specific properties. Together with the acquired practical knowledge of the principles of investments and dealing in them, the students should be able to carry out commercial transactions in the Czech Republic and on stock exchanges abroad.
Syllabus
  • Lecture syllabus:
  • 1) Importance of organized markets and their impact on operation of financial and economic system.
  • 2) Exchange systems and their functioning.
  • 3) Specific functions of various sub-segments of stock exchange system.
  • 4) Basic factors of investment strategy
  • 5) Basic classes of shares, their characteristics and ways of trading.
  • 6) Fundamental analysis.
  • 7) Technical analysis.
  • 8) Psychological analysis.
  • 9) Basic types of bonds, their characteristics and ways of trading.
  • 10) Investment through mutual funds.
  • 11) Derivative transactions (trading futures contracts and options exchanges).
  • 12) Specific features of structured products and their trading.on stock exchanges 13) Specifics of exchange traded commodities and foreign currencies.
  • Seminar syllabus:
  • 1) Introduction to course of "Securities and Exchange“.
  • 2) Exchange systems of stock exchanges, ways of stock trading.
  • 3) Exchange trading of securities in Czech Republic (practical exercises of trading)
  • 4) In-term test; investment through mutual and investment funds
  • 5) Exchange trading of securities on foreign exchanges (practical exercises of trading on stock exchanges in the U.S. and Germany).
  • 6) Seminar with broker
  • 7) Final test
Literature
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy (Financial Markets). První vydání. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2008, 544 pp. Ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-87071-87-8. info
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Peněžní ekonomie - Finanční trhy. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2008, 352 pp. 4. aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. ISBN 978-80-214-3703-6. info
  • MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking and financial markets. 7th ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2004, xxxix, 679. ISBN 0-321-12235-6. info
  • MUSÍLEK, Petr. Finanční trhy a investiční bankovnictví. Praha: ETC Publishing, 1999, 852 s. ISBN 80-86006-78-6. info
  • DVOŘÁK, Petr. Finanční deriváty. Vyd. 3. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 1998, 237 s. ISBN 8070796332. info
  • SHARPE, William F. and Gordon J. ALEXANDER. Investice. Translated by Zdeněk Šlehofr. 4. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 810 s. ISBN 80-85605-47-3. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of lectures and seminars. Lectures take place each week, seminars in two-week intervals and are practically focused. Admission to an oral exam is subject to passing both in-term and final test, which are an integral part of the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Tento předmět si nezapisují studenti, kteří absolvovali, nebo mají zapsán předmět Finanční trhy.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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