Finance

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	154-0900/03
Abbreviation	FIN
Course title	Finance
Credits	20
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal

Subject syllabus

I. FINANCIAL DECISION-MAKING
(1) Criteria of the financial decision-making
(2) CAPM and APT models
(3) Financial derivatives
(4) Financial derivatives valuation
(5) Fixed income securities
II. CORPORATE FINANCE
(1) Capital budgeting
(2) Dividend theories and policies
(3) Company valuation
(4) Financial planning
(5) Corporate taxes
III. CAPITAL MARKETS
(1) Financial system fundamentals
(2) Securities of the financial markets
(3) Analysis of securities
(4) Collective investing
(5) Trading at exchanges
IV. BANKING
(1) Banking systems
(2) Banking activities
(3) Assets, equity and liabilities management
(4) Bank management
(5) Insurance management
V. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
(1) Microstructure of the exchange markets
(2) Exchange rates prediction
(3) Exchange risk management
(4) International investments
(5) International financial markets

Literature

Copeland, T.E, Weston, J.F.: Financial theory and corporate finance. Addison
-Wesley, Reading,1988.
Dluhošová, D. a kol.: New approaches and financial instruments in financial
decision-making, VŠB – TUO, 2004.
Elton, E.J., Gruber, M.J: Modern portfolio theory and investments analysis.
Wiley, New York, 1987.
Ingersoll, J. E.: Theory of Financial Decision Making. Totowa, NJ:
Rowman&Littlefield, 1987.
Levy, H., Sarnat, M.: Capital Investment and Financial Decisions, Prentice Hall
International (UK) Ltd., 1990.
Zmeškal, Z. Financial Models. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2004.

Advised literature

LEVY, W., SARNAT, T. M. (1995). Capital Investment and Financial Decisions. New York: Prentice Hall.
LUENBERGER, D. (2013). Investment Science. 2nd Ed. London: Oxford University Press.
LUMBY, S. (1996). Investment Appraisal and Financial Decisions. USA: Chapman and Hall.

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