Diploma thesis focuses on the practical methods and application of technical analysis in international markets. Thesis is divided in three thematic parts. The first one focuses on the history and basic concepts of international exchange markets, futures contracts and the definition of basic terms which are essential for understanding the markets. Second part focuses on the methods of technical analysis which can be divided in two sections -- technical indicators and price action. All mentioned instruments are shown in real market data and charts. Third part focuses on the application of technical analysis in a chosen international market. The application goes through our trading system which combines appropriate technical indicators with price action formation supplemented by methods of money management. Several simulations were made on tested real historical data. The simulations differed in money management settings (automated stoploss tracking, Kelly's formula, Fixed ratio). To find the worst possible trading scenario was used Monte Carlo analysis.

In my final thesis, I focus on the various forms of Stock Exchange's cooperation and try to outline the impact of deregulation and globalization to Stock Exchange Markets organization. I mentioned the theoretical background, which were used as a basis for analyzing the topic of consolidation of stock exchanges. In the introduction I explain some basic terms, such as mergers, union or federation, and clarify the difference between cooperation and consolidation. Then I focused on the first transatlantic alliance and one of the most important entities in the Stock Exchange markets - NYSE Euronext. I evaluated the alliance of the three selected indicators, the market capitalization, trading volume and market velocity. The analyze carried out in my thesis shows that the regulatory authorities allowed in the past the establishment of Stock Exchanges alliances, which are currently the largest and most important players on the Stock Exchanges markets, and it is really difficult for regional markets to compete them. This problem is, in particular, outlined in the case of Deutsche Börse, which sought to be connected with the transatlantic alliance NYSE Euronext., but this merger was rejected by the European Commission, just for fear of disruption of market competition. As the evidence that the Stock Exchange markets are constantly busy and that all exchanges are trying to reach the best position and thus are seeking for the best possible partner for future cooperation, I introduced two recently published plans for connections, which was merger between Deutsche Börse and the Russian stock exchange MICEX and merger of Intercontinental Exchange and NYSE Euronext. At last but not least I focused on the analysis of the Asian continent from the perspective of realized and unrealized mergers where Stock Exchange markets are not oversaturated and still have a huge potential for further development.

The main aim of this dissertation is to identify the factors influencing the decision-making of enterprises on entering the capital market in selected CEE countries and formulate recommendations for further development of this form of financing. The key methodological tool is the collection of primary data by means of a questionnaire in which respondents (usually in the CFOs position) expressed their views on the issues related to internal and external factors affecting IPO activity. The results of the questionnaire survey show that the strongest motives for IPO implementation are the ability to raise capital to finance investment opportunities, improve publicity and image of the company, reduce debt, and be recognized by a relevant financial community as an important company. Among the barriers that most affect IPO implementation are the obligation to disclose company information that is key to a competitive advantage, asymmetry of information between external investors and the company, the interest in retaining decision-making control over the company, and the existence of alternative administratively less complex capital resources at the time of implementation of IPO. As per CFOs macroeconomic factors that have the greatest impact on IPO are favorable conditions in the stock market, favorable conditions in the sector in which the company operates, favorable GDP growth, and the use of banking loan at a relatively low interest rate. The results of the dissertation are the basis for the formulation of recommendations for potential IPO candidates.

Master‘s thesis is focused on the possibility of financing a company through entering the alternative market of the Prague Stock Exchange Ltd. The alternative market of the Prague Stock Exchange is the START Market, which is suitable for smaller and innovative czech companies. This is about an unregulated market, which means that the conditions of admission conditions and trading rules are set by the stock exchange. The thesis defines the basic starting points, which are connected with the capital market, the market organizer and the initial public offering of stocks (IPO).

I considered on initial public offerings in my thesis. The thesis describes signification of initial public offerings including its advantages and disadvantages, informs about its specifications and recommends to investors, what they should focus on, if they think of such type of investment.

The portfolio theory is microeconomic discipline which deals with the exploration of capital markets and assets that are traded on them. This diploma thesis is focused on optimal stock portfolio selection. The main aim is to find a final portfolio fulfilling the requirements. The first part provides the theory needed for the subsequent establishment of a practical case of the optimal portfolio. The second part is devoted to the actual calculations leading to finding the portfolio with the desired rate of return.

This diploma thesis is looking into investments to stocks portfolio by methods of psychologica analysis. Structure of the thesis is consisted of three parts. In the first part there are intruduced necessary theoretical prerequisities for understanding of stock market. Second and third part is focused on practical application and major stock market events from the past. Thesis thus describes and analyses the possibilities of psychological analysis usage while deciding about investments into selected portfolio of securities at capital markets.

In this diploma thesis a general purpose application was developed in order to analyse economic data emitted by the Prague Stock Exchange. The application was written in the Maple programming language. The purpose of this application is to simulate possible future development of the securities. The main part of the application is a user-friendly graphical user interface.

This thesis deals with quantification of risk level of securities on Czech capital market. Part of quantification of risk is also assessing the impact of various scenarios on the price of securities. In theoretical part is briefly described scheme of securities market. Then is described history of Prague stock exchange, stock index included index of Prague stock exchange. The following section deals with describing fundamental investment instruments used in thesis. A significant part is devoted to mutual funds from a different angle than normal retail investor knows. The rest of the theoretical part describes the investment decisions based on the investment triangle including risk indicators applied in the practical part. At the beginning of practical are described selected investment instruments. Reader can also find out about their current and possible future market position. Further indicators of risk are applied, selected and described the scenario of events and their impact on the price of the instrument. In the last chapter is chosen one scenario in which risk indicators are calculated.

This Master Thesis deals with the usability of fundamental indicators for building a stock portfolio regarding chosen equities from the Prague Stock Exchange. The output of the work is finding that stocks with the lowest values of price to earnings ratio and price to book ratio make higher return than stocks with the highest values of these indicators. These stocks exceed latter with taking lower risk based on standard deviation of returns. The usability of indicators was confirmed by these findings. Another conclusion of this Thesis is finding that stocks with the lowest values of these indicators exceeded benchmark represented by PX-TR index.