Course: Financial Mathematics

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Course title Financial Mathematics
Course code KMA/FIM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pavlačka Ondřej, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to Financial Mathematics: Simple and compound interest and its application, present and future value, rate of return, price of bill, interest rates. 2. Cash flow systems, evaluation of investments: a) Net present value, internal rate of return, payback period. b) Annuities and perpetuities. c) Debt amortization methods. 3. Bonds: bond price, term structure of interest rates, duration of a bond. 4. Stocks. 5. Exchange rate, forward contracts. 6. Futures, forward, swap contracts, options. 7. Introduction to portfolio theory: Markowitz model, Sharpe model, CAPM.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to gain knowledge of selected parts of basic and advanced mathematics of finance.
Understanding, application To be able to use theoretical methods in solving practical problems of saving, investments, credits, securities, exchange rate, event. other bank products.
Prerequisites
Basic calculus.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Credit: complete the assigned tasks. Exam: to understand all the particular parts of the object, to be able to derive the corresponding formulae and relations.
Recommended literature
  • Bohanesová, E. (2013). Finanční matematika. VUP, Olomouc.
  • Cipra, T. (2000). Matematika cenných papírů. HZ, Praha.
  • Cipra, T. (2015). Praktický průvodce finanční a pojistnou matematikou. 2. vyd.. Ekopress, Praha.
  • Evstigneev, I. a kol. (2005). Mathematical Financial Economics. A basic introduction. Springer.
  • Radová, J., Dvořák, P. (2013). Finanční matematika pro každého. Grada, Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Mathematics - Specialization in Business Mathematics (2021) Category: Mathematics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer