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Electricity Futures
Michalovský, Michal ; Paholok, Igor (advisor)
Bachelor thesis deals with the forward electricity market. It describes how the liberalized electricity market and the energy exchanges work with in-depth focus on the Czech Republic. The basic theoretical approaches towards the price formation in electricity market and the valuation of electricity futures are also shown. Furthermore, the thesis analyses futures prices on Prague energy exchange compared to prices on other European exchanges and to prices of other energy commodities. The last part of the thesis calculates risk premia in monthly futures on Prague energy exchange.
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Derivatives suitable for commodtiy risk hedging
Klepetko, Petr ; Scholleová, Hana (advisor) ; Štýbr, David (referee)
This thesis is concerning the problematic of derivatives which can be applicable for commodity risk hedging. The futures contracts and options are utilized for hedging commodity risk on oil market. For purposes of this work is designed a trading strategy, which consists of exponential moving average and expiration cycle of the options. The strategy is tested on historical oil prices. Because the strategy shows promising outputs it was employed on setting options strategy as well. The hedging options strategy collar is tested on historical prices of oil. Testing on historical prices discovered that it is profitable for processor to hedge the oil price by futures contracts. For producer it is more profitable to hedge the price by employing standard collar strategy. On the other side the bear collar strategy generated quite unconvincing outputs for processor. When the out-the-money bear collar war modified into in-the-money bear collar the outputs were satisfactorily profitable.
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Possibilities and methods of FX risk managing
Houdek, Ondřej ; Brůna, Karel (advisor)
This paper focuses on businesses participating in international trade in terms of their possibilities to eliminate FX risk. There are currency derivatives analysed in the paper with en emphasis on their value drivers. I've also mentioned interest rate differentials, expacted exchange rates and anticipated asssets yields as their key value drivers. A practical part deals with a systematic application of singular derivatives to long positions. The examined period is 2008. The results indicate that derivatives don't protect businesses from loses if there is a medium or long-run domestic currency appreciation involved. It basicaly turned out that cash-flow converted to czech crown kept deteriorating as if there were no hedging instruments applied.
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Usage of financial derivatives for currency hedging in Czech Republic
Karas, Jiří ; Málek, Jiří (advisor)
Basic motive for the work comes out of the hypothesis of growing need of non-financial Czech companies to manage foreign exchange risk, which is demonstrated by foreign trade development. In the work, there are also specified basic species of entrepreneurial risks. Main attention of the writing is paid to currency hedging by finance derivatives, like futures, forwards, swaps and options. Single chapters are dedicated to their basic characteristics and to their function logic and, above all, to alternatives of their usage for currency hedging in different situations at Czech nonfinancial companies.
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Investments in selected commodities
Pecha, Martin ; Drozen, František (advisor) ; Filipová, Vladimíra (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to analyse selected commodities being as follows: Crude oil, Gold and Coffee. I tried to make a go of showing readers, potential traders how to invest in the above mentioned commodities in regard to risk. The thesis is made up of three chapters. First one introduces the readers to commodity exchange issues paying attention to trading those commodities, commodity exchanges, commodity investment tools, a typology of commodity traders and other particulars expanding on the given field. Second one is geared towards an analysis of the above stated commodities in today's globalized world and depicts how specifically to purchase or sell these commodities. At last, I shall sum up existing pieces of knowledge and state premisis to be fulfilled in order for the traders to be at least a little successful at commodity trading.
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Hedging with financial derivatives in international business
Rohrbacher, Jan ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Mergl, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with hedging with financial derivatives in international business. It is divided into two main parts. The first - theoretical part describes the general definition of the term "derivative" as well as brief history of derivatives. The next part determines derivatives from three key aspects - economic, legal and accounting. The following part deals with statistical methods and the current situation on the derivative markets. The following chapter analyzes the main types of derivatives - forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as examples of their usage. The second part of this work examines the hedging process within the company Med Povrly. Due to its involvement in the international trade with copper, the company is exposed to commodity and exchange-rate risks.
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Technical analysis of selected investment instrument
Gronský, Andrej ; Trešl, Jiří (advisor) ; Veselá, Jitka (referee)
The principal aim of this graduation thesis is to characterize technical analysis including its application to chosen investment instrument. The begining of the thesis consists of the main investment approaches in the capital markets and their comparison with technical analysis. Afterwards, the definition and targets of technical analysis are given. Further, the work focuses on the Dow Theory as the main basis of the contemporary technical analysis and mentions other approaches in technical analysis. Then, the instruments of technical analysis are introduced. Graphical methods are only outlined whereas technical indicators are the focus of attention. There is the selection of twelve of them including their construction and usage. Finally, the application of chosen technical indicators belonging to chosen financial instrument is given and achieved results are commented.
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Currency risk management by financial derivates in Czech Republic
Davídková, Veronika ; Čermáková, Daniela (advisor)
The focus of this bachelor thesis is on the description of financial derivates and Czech derivates market situation. Financial derivates are fast developing instruments, which development we have been watching from 80's last century until now. In the first part of the bachelor thesis financial risks with its categorization is described. The main attention is focus on characterization of financial derivates and their role in the currency risk management. In the practical part Czech derivates market situation is analyzed. There area three analysis of czech derivates market - the whole Czech derivates market analysis, the bank subject analysis and the last one is futures contract in Prague stock exchange analysis. At the end of bachelor thesis the proposals of sources of discovered development are written.
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Měnové deriváty
Dolejš, Pavel ; Revenda, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Žďárek, Václav (referee)
Tato práce se zabývá problematikou derivátů se zaměřením na měnové deriváty. Věnuje se jejich vývoji, doplňuje současné charakteristiky derivátových trhů. Dále rozebíra v jednotlivých kapitolách měnové opce ( věnuje se historii vzniku, zmiňuje Garman-Kohlhagenův model pro jejich oceňení a zmiňuje problematiku implikované volatility, kde uvádí výsledky studií zabývajících se tímto tématem, dále futures a forwardové kontrakty a nakonec je zmíněn CFD kontrakt.
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