Course detail

Financial Markets

FP-ftPAAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course enables acquirement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills with respect to all spheres of activities on a financial market. The course deals with the individual types of existing financial institutions and financial instruments as well as with the most important types of financial transactions carried out on financial markets. The course provides students also with the fundamentals of financial mathematics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

The course is a follow-up to the knowledge of theory of market economy, monetary theory, and ways of pursuing of expansive and restrictive monetary and fiscal policy in an open economy, basic activities of banking system institutions.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The course-unit credit is awarded on condition of successful completion of a written test which is focused especially on financial mathematics. The test contains five examples for each correct calculation example a student can get up to 5 points. Student of the test can get 25 points, the minimum number of points for which a credit is granted is 15. Passing the test and thus the course-unit credit is subject to the student's admission to the examination. The result of the written test consists of 30% and result of oral constitute 70% of the total classification.
The control of participation is fully in teacher’s competence. Active participation in lessons, control of knowledge in seminars.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to teach students how to understand ding financial system as the integral part of an economic system as well as its role, substance and importance of its functioning. Students will learn how to actively participate in standard types of financial operations with individual types of investment financial tools, from the corporate financial transactions point of view as well as from the personal finances management point of view. Also dealt with are the fundamentals of financial mathematics necessary for financial practice.
Students will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and skills from all spheres connected with functioning of a financial market. They will understand the significance of the financial market for the economy of every state and will have a grasp of the function and mission of each institution and subject operating on the financial market. They will learn to differentiate financial tools and to use them in practice. Students will also learn how to plan and carry out basic financial operations using existing financial tools in the corporate practice as well as for personal finances management.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

MELUZÍN, T. Finanční trhy - cvičení. Brno: CERM, 2005. 1. vyd. ISBN 80-214-3048-6. (CS)
REJNUŠ, O. Peněžní ekonomie - Finanční trhy. 6. vyd. Brno: CERM, 2012. 374 s. ISBN 978-80-214-4415-7. (CS)
REJNUŠ,O. Finanční trhy - Učebnice s programem na generování cvičných testů. 1. vyd. Praha, GRADA, 2016. 380 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3671-6. (CS)

Recommended reading

JÍLEK, J. Finanční a komoditní deriváty v praxi. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010. 630 s. Finanční trhy a instituce. ISBN 978-80-247-3696-9. (CS)
KUČEROVÁ, V. Makroekonomie 1. vyd. Brno: CERM, 2013. 126 s. Učební texty vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-214-4798-1. (CS)
MAREK, R. Cenné papíry v novém občanském zákoníku: komentář. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2013. 431 s. Beckovy komentáře. ISBN 978-80-7400-466-7. (CS)
REJNUŠ, O. Finanční trhy. 4., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014. 760 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3671-6. (CS)
ŠOBA, O.; ŠIRŮČEK, M.; PTÁČEK, R. Finanční matematika v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013. 300 s. Partners. ISBN 978-80-247-4636-4. (CS)
WYSTUP, U. FX options and structured products. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 323 s. Wiley finance series. ISBN 0-470-01145-9. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-AUAD-A Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer