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The impact of speculators on the commodity markets
El-Moussawi, Chadi ; Musílek, Petr (advisor) ; Derner, Tomáš (referee)
In the recent years, there has been growing talk of investing in commodities in the financial markets. In the past, the commodity markets served for purposes of the producers and the end-users of commodities. With gradual innovation of the financial markets in the 19th and 20th century the modern commodity markets evolved and became more standardized. This process was accompanied by the increasing interest of financial speculators. In contrast with the commercial participants, the goal of these new investors in the commodity markets is not to hedge against adverse changes in commodity prices but to profit on the price movements of commodities. The inflow of this group was intensified by the development of new financial instruments enabling these investors to enter the commodity markets. It is undisputable that speculators have positive effect on the markets, by providing liquidity and lowering transaction costs. What remains to be answered is the real effect which the speculators have on the commodity prices, and if their action does not create distortion in the commodity prices. The price development on the commodity markets during the recent financial crisis gives strong arguments in the hands of those accusing the speculators of the negative impact on the commodity prices, which sometimes lead to creation of price bubbles. The goal of this thesis will be the analysis of the effect of speculators on the commodity markets, and if this prejudice is justified.
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The foreign exchange market and the causes of its instability based on the analysis in selected countries
Derner, Tomáš ; Durčáková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; KUNZ, Tomáš (referee)
The subject of this thesis is to evaluate the main causes of instability in the foreign exchange market in selected countries. The first part is devoted to a summary of the basic theoretical knowledge about the foreign exchange market, its organization and operations of entities intended to hedge against exchange rate risk. The second part focuses on the exchange rate systems. The third chapter focuses on chosen economies, which are included in the final analysis. The main point of the analytical part is focused on the development of turnover on the foreign exchange market in selected countries in terms of the nature of the operations, currency and traded entities. The comparison of the dynamics and structure of the foreign exchange market turnover in selected countries, the system takes into account the applicable exchange rate. Sweden, Denmark, Hungary and Bulgaria were chosen for the analysis, performed during the period 2002 - 2011
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Analysis of debt holdings in the Czech Republic in the years 2005 - 2007
Derner, Tomáš ; Holečková, Jaroslava (advisor)
This bachelor thesis identifies and describes the degree of indebtedness of enterprises in the Czech Republic for the years 2005 - 2007, and for each sector as well as a whole. Industries are matched on the basis of calculated values of indicators for each sector and then compared. Part of this work is the general characteristics of the analysis problem based on verifiable facts. The analysis consists of theoretical introduction and continues with practical calculations, the resulting values are listed in this work and further analyzed.
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