| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A1 | Analyse the international markets through advanced techniques and approach which allow facilitating important information to international companies and/or companies willing internationalisation. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| CT2 | Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information. | |
| CT7 | Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional. | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A1 |
Analyse the functioning of international monetary and financial markets through the use of advance prediction techniques. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| CT2 |
Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information. | |
| CT7 |
Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional. | |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction to financial markets. | 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The financial system 1.3 Financial intermediaries 1.4 Financial markets 1.5 Financial assets |
| 2. Equities: The international Stock markets. | 2.1 The stock exchange 2.2 Types of transactions 2.3 The classification of the markets: The Spanish markets 2.4 Market supervision 2.5 The products of the stock exchange 2.6 Trading 2.7 The stock market indices 2.8 Main international stock exchanges |
| 3. Stock market operations. | 3.1 The participants in the stock market: The members of the stock exchange 3.2 Main financial transactions on the stock exchange 3.3 Investing in stock market 3.4 Costs of operations and calculation of their profitability 3.5 Taxation of stock exchange operations |
| 4. Currency markets. | 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The exchange rate 4.3 The foreign exchange market 4.4 Fixed exchange rates |
| 5. Fixed income: fixed-income and public-debt markets. | 5.1. Fixed income assets and rating agencies 5.2 Types of public and private fixed income assets 5.3 The private fixed income and public debt markets in Spain. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Lecture |
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19 | 30 | 49 | ||||||
| IT-based practicals in computer rooms |
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3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Personal attention |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Practical tests |
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3 | 12 | 15 | ||||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Presentation of the subject's program |
| Lecture | Work on the theoretical concepts related to the stock market and the financial markets but also from a practical point of view. Comments on real and current examples related to finance and the stock market. |
| IT-based practicals in computer rooms | Development of practical exercises related to the theoretical and master class concepts on stock exchange and finance. |
| Personal attention | Time reserved to attend and solve doubts to students. |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| Office hours. Hours: Monday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Seminar 3.3. |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | ||||
| Practical tests |
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Case Study where the student will show the knowledge learnt in class. | 40% | ||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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Exam where the student will demonstrate both theoretical and practical knowledge worked in class. | 60% | ||||
| Others |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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In second call the student will do an exam where he will demonstrate both theoretical and practical knowledge worked in class (60%). The practical tests carried out during the course (40%) will also be considered. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Malkiel, Burton G., Un paseo aleatorio por Wall Street: La estrategia para invertir con éxito, Alianza,
Sánchez Fernández de Valderrama, José L., Curso de bolsa y mercados financieros, Ariel Economía,
Capra, Greg y Vélez, Oliver, Day trading. Negociación intradía: Estratégias y tácticas, Deusto SA, |
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| Recommendations |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.