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The main objective of the course is present how finance works at business and personal level, i.e. to provide students with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills regarding personal finance. It requires mastering the up-to-date approaches to defining the personal financial needs, budget and plan as well as fundamentals of savings and investments. Also necessary is to understand personal risk management, bankruptcy, law and tax context of personal finances.

1 Financial literacy in 21st century: Introduction, definition and conceptions of financial literacy
2 Income: Earned income and benefits, unearned income and payments, fixed income, purchasing power
3 Personal budgeting: definition, elements and importance of personal budget, personalized budget, monitoring and evaluation
4 Savings: General principles of compound interest and its impact, rates, inflation, financial decisions and planning, principals of investing (risk versus return, diversification, active and/or passive investing, personal investment objectives), banks and other financial institutions
5 Investments: Bank products, equities, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, stocks
6 Investments: Bonds, real estates, commodities
7 Alternative investments and cryptocurrencies
8 Debts: Identifying financial issues, importance of personal credit score, collateral and repayment, amortization, long-term debt, mortgage, consumer loans, microloans, credit cards, P2P loans
9 Currency market: Exchange rates, currency spot and currency forward market, Foreign exchange market
10 Personal risk management: portfolio theory, protecting income and property, insurance
11 Personal bankruptcy: Types of bankruptcy, discharge of debts, bankruptcy process, avoiding bankruptcy
12 Law contexts of financial literacy: Consumer protection, EU and Czech Republic
13 Tax contexts of financial literacy: Income taxes and other deduction

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