Course: Financial Investment

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Course title Financial Investment
Course code UPEM/FFIN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný Josef, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Investment process, essence and types of investments, money current value. Investment criteria, assessment of income and risks of investing in stocks and bonds. Stock analysis, influence of financial and dividend policy on the stock market price. Fundamental global and branch analysis of stocks. Fundamental analysis of single stocks titles, intrinsic value of a stock. Technical analysis, graphic models and indicators. Psychological analysis, Kostolany stock exchange psychology, Theory of bubbles. Bond analysis, innovation of bonds. Rating evaluation of bonds, rating agencies and scales. Evaluation of bonds, incomes, intrinsic value and duration, prices and interest rates. Theory of portfolio, Markowitz model. Theory of portfolio, CAPM model, systematic and unique hazard, CML and SML line. Investment strategy and investment management. Collective investing, investment fund direction, assessment of fund efficiency.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • Preparation for an exam - 44 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 18 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 52 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 22 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The main target of the Financial Investing course is to deepen knowledge of the capital market and securities using investment analyses - fundamental, technical and psychological.
The student who has successfully completed the course is able to: explain the issue of investment portfolios including determination of predictions of possible development of investment instruments included in the investment structure; explain the reasons for the composition of the investment structure and the risk diversification; explain investment criteria for investments; use investment instruments in corporate practice; explain the differences between real and financial investments, including the advantages and disadvantages of resulting investments; characterize individual types of investment yields; characterize the intrinsic value of the stock, including models, and decide whether a stock is overvalued, undervalued or correctly priced; explain differences between individual investment analyses. The student who has successfully completed the course is: able to measure the returns and risks of investment in securities; able to calculate the intrinsic value of stocks using models such as dividend models, balance sheet models, profit models and formulate recommendations based on the fact whether the stock is undervalued, overvalued or correctly priced; able to make investment recommendations for both starting and professional investors; able to analyse information, data and estimations using investment analyses - fundamental, technical and psychological proficient in the capital markets and their investment opportunities; able to take a decision on which investment instruments will be included in the portfolio and explain the reasons for the choice by using the correlation rate; able to compile and evaluate the investment portfolio, explain it comprehensibly and convincingly and recommend solutions to start-up and professional investors; able to predict the expected return by a certain degree of risk according to the type of investment instrument; able to understand the investment environment; able to make investment plans in financial investments on-line via licensed traders in the Czech Republic. The student who has successfully completed the course is able to: understand individual investment analyses and investments; comprehensively communicate and provide the professional and novice investors with information about investment opportunities on the market; understand the different types of returns arising from individual investments; invest in the stock markets using fundamental, technical and psychological analysis.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Recommended literature
  • KOHOUT, P.:. Investice: nová strategie. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2018.
  • MADURA, J.:. Financial markets and institutions. Australia: Cengage, 2021.
  • REJNUŠ, O.:. Finanční trhy. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2024.
  • STEENBARGER, B. N.:. Psychologie tradingu: klíčové postupy a nejlepší procesy. Praha: Grow Books, 2022.
  • TŮMA, A.:. Ideální investiční portfolio: jak dosáhnout investičního zenu. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2019.
  • Veselá J.:. Investování na kapitálových trzích. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019.


Study plans that include the course
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