151-0518/02 – Financial Mathematics (FM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Mathematical Methods in EconomicsCredits4
Subject guarantorMgr. Taťána Funioková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorMgr. Taťána Funioková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2007/2008Year of cancellation2019/2020
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-up Master
Instruction secured by
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FUN01 Mgr. Taťána Funioková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 1+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The main objective of the course is to help students understand the current concepts of finance, by solving specific problems. After completing this course the student will be able to classify and develop its current knowledge of valuation not only of various securities and get acquainted with issues of bond portfolio immunization, practical portfolios risk measurement and diversification. We focus on application of basic financial decision-making procedures based on the concept of time value of money with use of the MS Excel spreadsheet, including its Solver Add-in.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Other activities

Summary

The aim is to acquaint the students with the fundamentals of saving and investing that are of long-life practical use. These include savings accounts, annuities, loans, certificates of deposit, and buying and selling bonds or stocks including a bond portfolio target date immunization and an introduction to stock portfolio optimization. For all the problems a mathematical background, as well as an implementation using Microsoft Excel is introduced.

Compulsory literature:

FUNIOKOVÁ, Taťána. Introduction to financial mathematics. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2017. Series of Economics Textbooks, Faculty of Economics, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2017, vol. 28. ISBN 978-80-248-4081-9. LOVELOCK, David, Marilou MENDEL a A. Larry WRIGHT. An introduction to the mathematics of money: saving and investing. New York: Springer, c2010. ISBN 978-1-4419-2232-8.

Recommended literature:

BENNINGA, Simon; MOFKADI, Tal. Principles of finance with excel. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0190296384. BENNINGA, Simon a Benjamin CZACZKES. Financial modeling. 3rd ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, c2008. ISBN 978-0-262-02628-4. BREALEY, Richard A., Stewart C. MYERS a Franklin ALLEN. Principles of corporate finance. 11th global ed. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, c2014. McGraw-Hill series in finance, insurance, and real estate. ISBN 978-0-07-715156-0.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Written exam.

E-learning

Other requirements

No additional activities required.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Subject’s Syllabus: • Simple interest, some of the short-term securities • Compound interest • The time value of money and investment decision-making • Money saving • Income • Debt redemption • Models of income and loans • Introduction to securities analysis • Introduction to (financial) risk

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2016/2017 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210T004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210T004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner
Incoming students - bachelor study 2019/2020 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming students - bachelor study 2018/2019 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming Students 2017/2018 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming Students 2016/2017 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming Students 2015/2016 Full-time English Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block
Incoming Students 2014/2015 Full-time Czech Choice-compulsory 163 - International Office stu. block

Assessment of instruction

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