Course: Financial Mathematics

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Course title Financial Mathematics
Course code KMI/CFINM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Chládek Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Berková Ilona, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šulista Marek, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Fiala Jan, RNDr. et PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
(1) Basic terminology, percentages, means, progressions. (2) Simple interest and bank discount, standards of interest calculations. (3) Compound and continuous interest. (4) Inflation, real and effective interest rate. (5) Time value of money, system of cash flows. (6) Annuities - saving redemption. (7) Annuities - loan redemption. (8) Complex savings models. (9) Depreciation of assets. (10) Modelling of basic bank products in Excel. (11) Portfolio, performance measuring. (12) Volatility measuring. (13) Random interest.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Preparation for credit - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course introduces to the basic terminology, principles and calculating operations of financial mathematics and their applications in concrete problems. The course covers the key topics such as time value of money, simple and compound interest, regular payments - annuities and loan redemption, and yield and risk measurements of portfolio. Moreover, another aim of the course is to introduce to the use of MS Excel in modelling building society savings, amortisation mortgage schedules, calculation of APR etc.
Students understand the basic principles of financial mathematics, they are able to compare various financial products and to use effectively the relevant software in their financial computation.
Prerequisites
Prerequisities: Theory of Probability and Statistics 1 (TPS1, TPS1A)

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined exam

Credit Requirements: Students take two credit tests (each of them is worth a maximum of 7 points). To be able to take the examination, students have to score at least 4 points in each of the tests. Examination Requirements: Calculation of two financial problems using MS Excel. Final mark is based on the results of the credit tests and the final examination.
Recommended literature
  • http://www2.ef.jcu.cz/~sulista/pages/index.php?pagename=fpmat.
  • Cipra, T. Praktický průvodce finanční a pojistnou matematikou. Praha: Ekopress,s.r.o., 2005..
  • RADOVÁ, J. - DVOŘÁK, P. Finanční matematika pro každého. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2001.
  • Šulista, M., Nýdl, V., Moore, G. A. Introduction to Financial and Actuarial Mathematics. EF JU České Budějovice, 157 s., 2008. ISBN 978-80-7394-127-7.
  • Zima, P., Brown, L. R. Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Mathematics of Finance. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York, 2. ed., 1996. ISBN 0-07-008203-0.


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