N_FI Financial Investments

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Josef Budík, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Vladimír Ezr, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Vladimír Ezr, CSc.
Department of Finance – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Pokorná
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_FI/cFPH: each odd Tuesday 14:00–14:44 S34, each odd Tuesday 14:45–15:30 S34, J. Budík
N_FI/pFPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 S22, Tue 9:30–10:15 S22, J. Budík
N_FI/vFPH: Fri 2. 10. 15:30–17:00 S11, 17:15–18:45 S11, Sat 17. 10. 9:45–11:15 S11, 11:30–13:00 S11, Fri 30. 10. 17:15–18:45 S11, V. Ezr
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The subject Financial investments complement the complex knowledge of finance and financial services. At the end of this course the student will be able to understand and explain the process of financial investment, both by actors-investors, and object-investment tools, market-regulated, unregulated, national and international, as well as common-factors influencing investors' decisions, analysis of investment tools-basis financial investment and portfolio-choice and critical element of financial investing. The combination of lectures and seminars   consequential allow students to also get some basic skills that they can use in their future work classification.
Syllabus
  • 1) The financial investment as one of the basic characteristics of financial markets, its essence and basic tasks;
  • 2) Segments of financial investment and their basic specifics;
  • 3) Basic financial investment entities, their specifics and status in processes and relationships realized in the markets with investment instruments;
  • 4) Real market infrastructure and its importance for the design and conduct of financial investment;
  • 5) Regulated markets and their characteristics affecting financial investment, trading at various market system, systematic internalisation;
  • 6) Investment instruments and their specifics and the specifics of investing in various investment instruments;
  • 7) Analysis of investment instruments - the basis of financial investing, fundamental analysis of stocks;
  • 8) Technical analysis of stocks and its current form and trends, psychological analysis;
  • 9) Analysis of debt instruments, bonds and short-term bonds, their prices and income from them;
  • 10) Analysis of financial derivatives, price derivatives, revenues from derivatives,
  • 11) Portfolio and its selection (a crucial element of financial investing), investment process and its stages;
  • 12) Financial investment in crisis conditions, alternative investment vehicles.
Literature
    required literature
  • Musílek, Petr. Trhy cenných papírů. Praha: Ekopress, 2002
  • Pavlát, Vladislav - Kubíček, Antonín - Budík, Josef - Záškodný, Přemysl - Novák, Vladimír. Kapitálové trhy. Druhé doplněné. Praha : Professional Publishing, 2005. 318 s. ISBN 80-86419-87-8.
  • Kohout, Pavel. Investiční strategie. Praha: 4.rozšířené. Grada, 2008. ISBN 80-247-1438-8
  • ÚZ č. 975 Cenné papíry; Kapitálový trh; Investiční společnosti a fondy, Sagit 2013
    recommended literature
  • Graham, Benjamin. Inteligentní investor. Praha:Grada, 2008. ISBN 80-247-1792-1
  • Svoboda. Martin. Jak investovat aneb anatomie burzovních lží. 3.vydání. Praha:Computer press, 2008. ISBN 80-251-0527-X
  • Shiller, Robert, J. Investiční horečka. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2482-9
  • Rejnuš, Oldřich. Cenné papíry a burzy. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o, 2009. ISBN 978-80-214-3805-7
    not specified
  • Finanční trhy. Oldřich Rejnuš, KEY Publishing Ostrava, 2011, ISBN 978- 80-7418-128-3
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars with the acceptance of implemented innovations and changes in the study area. Presentation and defence of group seminar work. Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminars in the full-time study and directed group consultations in the combined form of study. Minimum mandatory attendance at seminars / workshops in the full-time study is 75%, in the controlled group consultations in combined form of study 50%. Students who fail to meet the mandatory level of participation may be given during the semester additional study obligations (to the extent that will demonstrate academic achievement and acquired competencies necessary for successful completion of course).
Assessment methods
Credit will be given for a well-prepared and presented semester thesis and active discussion during lectures. The final ordinary live examination - the possibility of imposing the written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, summer 2012, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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