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Financial Markets I. B

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Course Unit Code154-0333/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOR21Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.
NOV33Ing. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.
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, and characterise trading on the Prague Stock Exchange and RM-System.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
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 Prague Stock Exchange and RM-System,
- evaluate primary and secondary market in the Czech Republic,
- define new global market trends.
Course Contents
Financial system, financial markets
Subjects of capital markets, their role and responsibility
Securities, characteristic of securities
Capital market
Capital market instruments
Stocks
Bonds
Money market
Money market instruments
Financial investment
Prague Stock Exchange, RM-System, Central Depository
IPO, information duty of registered securities issuers
Collective investment
Types of funds - basic (ekvity, bond, money market funds), special (guaranteed, index, hedge funds)
Investing in funds
Legislative basis of the Czech financial market
Supervision and regulation in financial markets
Basic ethic principles in financial markets
Contemporary situation in financial markets, the lesson from financial crisis

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
CECCHETTI, Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, banking, and financial markets. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2.
REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy: učebnice s programem na generování cvičných testů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016, dotisk 2022. ISBN 978-80-247-5871-8.
VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2019. 792 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-212-4.
CECCHETTI, Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, banking, and financial markets. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2.
REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy: učebnice s programem na generování cvičných testů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016, dotisk 2022. ISBN 978-80-247-5871-8.
VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2019. 792 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-212-4.
Recommended Reading:
BRANDL, Michael W. Money, banking, financial markets & institutions. Second edition. Boston, MA: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 9781337904827.
MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking, and financial markets. Business school edition. New York: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-0-13-473420-0.
SYROVÝ, Petr. Investování pro začátečníky. 4. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2022. Investice. ISBN 978-80-271-3458-8.
BRANDL, Michael W. Money, banking, financial markets & institutions. Second edition. Boston, MA: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 9781337904827.
MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking, and financial markets. Business school edition. New York: Pearson, 2019. ISBN 978-0-13-473420-0.
SYROVÝ, Petr. Investování pro začátečníky. 4. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2022. Investice. ISBN 978-80-271-3458-8.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 (35)18
                StudenbrokerOther task type5 0
                PísemkaWritten test30 18
        ExaminationExamination65 33