The stock market of foreign countries
Course: International Economic Relations (with compulsory study of two foreign languages)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
            Title
        
        
            The stock market of foreign countries
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВК 3.3
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2018/2019
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            6 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            - to know the conceptual framework that characterizes the organization and operation of the stock market
- to know the source base for the stock market of foreign countries
- to know the key concepts of the stock market, the principles and mechanism of its operation, the specific role that the stock market plays in the national economic systems of different countries
- to know the general patterns of formation of the institutional structure of the stock market and its components, trends and emerging trends in the stock market
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. To know the theoretical aspects and to understand the economic essence of national financial systems and the world finance
2. Basic skills in searching and analyzing regulations, analytical materials and statistical sources.
4. Knowledge of English or other foreign languages to expand opportunities to understand activities at the stock market of foreign countries.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            1. Stock market: concept, structure and role in the economic system
 2. Securities and their properties. Indices of stock markets of foreign countries
 3. Primary securities market
 4. Trading system and infrastructure of the stock market of foreign countries
 5. Organization and consolidation of exchanges in developed countries
 6. Shares as financial assets
 7. Analysis of the investment quality of shares
 8. Models of capital market valuation
 9. Debt securities market in foreign countries. Debt securities and their types.
 10. Analysis of the investment quality of bonds
 11. Derivative securities in mature stock markets
 12. Integration processes in the global stock market
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1. Defosse M. J. The Language of Global Finance: Stocks, Bonds and Investments. Independently published, 2017
2. Josanco Floreani , Maurizio Polato. The Economics of the Global Stock Exchange Industry. Palgrave Macmillan 2014
3. Securities market issues for the 21st century/ Ed. By M. B. Fox, L. R. Glosten, E. F. Greene, M.S. Patel. Columbia Law School & Columbia Business School`s 2018
4. The Economic Function of a Stock Exchange/ Robert A. Schwartz, John Aidan Byrne, Lauren Wheatley (Ed.) Switzerland:Springer 2015
5. Рубцов Б. Б.. Зарубежные фондовые рынки: инструменты, структура, механизм функционирования. М.: Инфра – М 2014.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture (power point presentation), seminars, individual work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            1. Oral answers, comments, blitz polls, discussion, practical tasks, mini-cases - 50 points / 30 points (50%)
2. Individual work (essay, presentation) - 30 points / 18 points (30%)
3. Module control (test) - 20 points / 12 points (20%)
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Chair of international finance 
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
            Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Chair of international finance
                    
                    
                        Educational and scientific institute of international relations