154-0511/04 – Financial Markets (FMa)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of FinanceCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2015/2016Year of cancellation2017/2018
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KOR21 Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.
NOV33 Ing. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.
ZME40 prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The course provides introduction to basic knowledge of financial markets, students will learn in this course to understand financial markets principles functioning. At the end of the course students should be able to: - grasp financial system and its basic functions, - compare particular financial intermediaries, - get acquinted with regulation principles in financial markets, - understand role of ethics in financial markets, - define money and capital markets, - understand selected securities and be able to make principle calculations, - learn investment principles including collective investment, - recognize different types of funds, - understand investing in funds, - describe trading on stock exchanges, - evaluate primary and secondary markets in selected countries, - define new global market trends.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

The course provides an introduction to financial markets, its aim is to teach students basic principles and functions of financial markets. This course enables students to understand basic functions of financial system, characterise money and capital markets, get acquainted with basic principles of regulation on financial markets and the role of ethics in financial markets, understand selected types of securities and basic calculations related to these securities, learn the fundamentals of investing including collective investment, characterise trading on stock exchanges.

Compulsory literature:

CECCHETTI, Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, banking, and financial markets. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2. MADURA, Jeff. Financial markets and institutions. Boston: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 978-0-357-13079-7. SAUNDERS, Anthony a Marcia CORNETT. Financial markets and institutions. New York: McGraw Hill, 2018. 978-1259919718.

Recommended literature:

FABOZZI, F. J., JONES, F. J., FABOZZI, F. A. a S. V. MANN. Foundations of global financial markets and institutions. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0262039543. MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking, and financial markets. Business school edition. New York: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-0-13-473420-0. REILLY, Frank K., Keith C. BROWN a Sanford J. LEEDS. Investment analysis and portfolio management. Eleventh edition. Boston: Cengage, 2019. ISBN 978-1-305-26299-7.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no other requirements on the students.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Financial system, financial markets Securities, characteristic of securities Capital market Capital market instruments Stocks Bonds Money market Money market instruments Financial investment Subjects of financial markets, their role and responsibility Prague Stock Exchange, RM-System, Central Depository IPO, information duty of registered securities issuers Collective investment Types of funds Legislative basis of financial markets Supervision and regulation in financial markets Basic ethic principles in financial markets Contemporary situation in financial markets, the lesson from financial crisis

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2015/2016 Winter semester, validity until: 2017/2018 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 35 (35) 18
                Written test Written test 35  18 2
        Examination Examination 65  33 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2016/2017 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R027) National Economy P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R027) National Economy P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan

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