Course detail
Securities and Stock Exchanges
FP-FcpbPAcad. year: 2011/2012
The course is focused on the issue of securities and trading on public organized markets. The interpretation is focused on the principles of the functions of exchange markets through a system of defining the internal structure to the mechanism of operation and economic impact in the event of failure. Then focuses on the basic types of financial investment instruments, in particular the stock traded securities, as well as the derivative instruments, mutual funds and structured products. At the same time, the course also pays attention to entities involved in transactions in securities involved. And last but not least is its content as well as fundamental, technical and psychological analysis, as well as practical exercises of trading of securities on both exchanges in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Completion of the course students acquire both a comprehensive view of the importance of financial investment instruments, and will learn to identify their specific properties. Together with the acquired practical knowledge on the principles of investment and knowledge of how to deal with them, the student can then carry out commercial transactions in the Czech Republic, as well as on foreign exchanges.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1. Active attendance at seminars will be evaluated by the lecturer (max. 26 points).
2. Successful credit test (max- 24 points).
3. Successful presentation of 2 assignments (the date of presentation of assignments will be specified). A student can achieve max. 50 points for successful presentations of 2 assignments in the set term. When exceeding this deadline, he/she can achieve max. 40 points only.
4. Total sum of achieved points has to be higher than 60 points.
Requirements for the final exam: Student has to understand the subject-matter and prove his/her knowledge Acquired in the course.
The final exam is written.
Course curriculum
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
REJNUŠ, O.: Finanční trhy, Key Publishing, Ostrava, 2011, 3. rozšířené vydání. ISBN 978-80-7418-128-3 (CS)
Recommended reading
JÍLEK, J.: Finanční a komoditní deriváty, Praha, Grada Publishing, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0342-4 (CS)
KISLINGEROVÁ, E., HNILICA, J.: Finanční analýza krok za krokem, Praha, C. H. Beck, 2005. ISBN 80-7179-321-3 (CS)
VALACH, J.: Investiční rozhodování a dlouhodobé financování, Praha, Ekopress, 2001. ISBN 80-86119-38-6 (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Exchange systems and their functioning.
The specific functions of the various sub-segments of stock.
The basic factors of investment strategy
The basic classes of shares, their characteristics and ways of trading.
Fundamental analysis.
Technical analysis.
Psychological Analysis.
The basic types of bonds, their characteristics and ways of trading.
Investment through mutual funds.
The derivative transactions (trading futures contracts and options exchanges).
Specific features of structured products and their trading.
The specifics of exchange traded commodities and foreign currencies.
Exchange systems of stock exchanges, ways of stock trading.
Exchange trading of securities in the Czech Republic (practical exercises of trading)
Exchange trading of securities on foreign exchanges (practical exercises of trading on stock exchanges in the U.S. and Germany).
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Fundamental analysis
Technical analysis
Psychological analysis
Investment strategy and portfolio optimization
Practical trading of securities
Graded credit