154-0352/01 – Personal Finance (PF)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of FinanceCredits3
Subject guarantorIng. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year2Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation2019/2020
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
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KOR21 Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 2+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of this course is to get students acquianted with the principals of the financial literacy, i.e. personal financial planning and using of appropriate financial products. The students will be able to: - understand basic securities, - compare financial products, - understand principles of investment including collective investment, - define the work of financial adviser, - create own personal investment portfolio.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The course is focused on achieving basic knowledge of personal and family finance and financial literacy. The aim of this course is to get students acquainted with using of the appropriate financial products and understanding the work of financial advisor. The students will be able to compare particular financial products,to define the work of financial advisor and be familiar with basic principles of his/her work and to create own personal investment portfolio.

Compulsory literature:

SYROVÝ, Petr a Tomáš TYL. Osobní finance. 4. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2021. 248 s. ISBN 978-80-271-3123-5. VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2019. 952 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-212-4. KAPOOR, J. R., L. R. DLABAY and R. J. HUGHES. Personal Finance. 14th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2023. 880 p. ISBN 978-1-259-09490-3.

Recommended literature:

CHAMBERS, Donald R., Mark Jonathan Paul ANSON, Keith H. BLACK and Hossein KAZEMI. Alternative Investments: CAIA level I. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015. 935 p. ISBN 978-1-119-00336-6. GLADIŠ, Daniel. Naučte se investovat. 2. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2022. 156 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1205-5. KALÁTOVÁ, Veronika. Finanční zralost. Praha: Plot, 2021. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-7428-370-3. PECK, Sarah. Investment Ethics. 1st ed. USA: Wiley 2011. 304 p. ISBN 978-0-470-43453-6.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no other requirements on student.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Financial investment,investment process.Financial planning, typical family financial targets. Family finance, household balance sheet and cash-flow, household savings. Household budget, importance of nest egg and insurance. Financial mathematics, time value of money, basic household situation application. Insurance products, life and disability insurance, non-life insurance, correct insurance, most frequent insurance mistakes. Pension system, pension funds. Pension system reform. Advantages and disadvantages of investing in pension funds. Securities – bonds, shares, mutual fund shares. Short-term and long-term investing. Household portfolio of securities. Collective investment, investing in mutual funds. Open-ended and close-ended funds. Types of funds. Hedge funds. Active and passive investment strategies. Bank products, deposit accounts, credit products, mortgage loans, consumer lending, credit cards,building loans. Household savings structure, preferences of saving ways and styles, household debts. Comparison of Czech and foreign household portfolios. Principles of financial portfolio creation,good and bad debt,diversification, dollar cost averaging. Financial independence, financial freedom - explanation of the terms, their importance to family finance,cash-flow quadrant. Alternative investments - yield, risk, liquidity. Investing in tangible assets (real estates, commodities, collectibles). Inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, their ifluence on family finance. Investment psychology, value of money, relation to the own property, analysis of the investor behaviour in the financial markets. Financial institutions, history and development of financial institutions, regulation of financial institutions and financial market from the view of the personal finance. Present-day situation in the Czech financial market and global financial markets. The role of the financial advisor, the ethical treatment of the client, ethics and information, ethical reporting, ethics in financial markets. Concrete examples of unethical consultancy and investing.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester, validity until: 2019/2020 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2015/2016 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan

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2015/2016 Winter
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2012/2013 Winter
2011/2012 Winter
2009/2010 Winter