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Applied Financial Models

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Course Unit Code154-0700/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZME40prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal
TIC02prof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.
Summary
Within this subject students works out selected applications of financial
decision-making issues. The students are educated in formulation, solving and
interpretation of practical problems from the finance and banking area using
simple and more complicated tools of mathematical modelling supported by
software, primarily excel.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The course aims at improvement of students’ ability to formulate, solve and subsequently interpret and evaluate real financial and banking issues by means of both, basic and advance approaches of mathematical modeling by means of software tools, mainly on MS Excel basis.
Course Contents
- Corporate Finance
- Bonds
- Stocks
- Simulations
- Options
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University
Press, 2004.
HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press,
2003.
HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall.
2002.
ZMEŠKAL, Z. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.
BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University
Press, 2004.
HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press,
2003.
HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall.
2002.
ZMEŠKAL, Z. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.
Recommended Reading:
BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University
Press, 2004.
HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press,
2003.
HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall.
2002.
ZMEŠKAL, Z. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.
BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University
Press, 2004.
HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press,
2003.
HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall.
2002.
ZMEŠKAL, Z. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit35 (35)0
                Other task typeOther task type35 0
        ExaminationExamination65 (65)0
                Written examinationWritten examination30 0
                OralOral examination35 0