Course aims:

- Identification of the students of the importance and place of the stock markets in the economy; - Familiarize students with the types and characteristics of instruments operating in the capital markets and stock exchanges;
- Familiarize students with the organizational structure and main features of stock exchange and stock markets, and especially the functioning of the stock exchanges; - Familiarize students with securities trading mechanisms used primary and secondary markets;
- Provide students with mechanisms hedges and the hedge; - Provide students with specific concepts used in stock assessment work; - Provide students with specific tools stock analysis.

Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

1. The defining elements of the financial market 2. Financial instruments traded on the capital market 3. Stocks Issue and evaluation 4. Bond issue and evaluation 5. Derived and synthetic financial instruments 5. The current configuration and evolution of the Romanian capital market 6. Stock Exchange functioning and organisation 7. Transactional and brokerage mechanisms 8. Stock exchange trading and classification. Trading with primary financial instruments 9. Trading with derived financial instruments. Stock exchange placements 10. Stock market indices 11. Elements of stock exchange analysis

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

• Knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods in the field of capital market; their adequateuse in professional communication; • Use of fundamental knowledge in order to explain and interpret various types and characteristics of instruments operating in the capital markets and stock exchanges

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written exam – 60%; verification during semester – 40%.

Recommended reading:

xxx, CAPITAL, COMMODITY AND MONEY MARKET, THE INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRETARIES OF INDIA, New Delhi, 2014,
VALDONĖ DARŠKUVIENĖ, • www.Financial Markets, Leonardo da Vinci programme project „Development and Approbation of Applied Courses Based on the Transfer of Teaching Innovations in Finance and Management for Further Education of Entrepreneurs and Specialists in Latvibvb.ro, LEONARDO DA VINCI Transfer of Innovation, 2010,
www.nyse.com www.bloomberg.com www.wsj.com