The submitted thesis is focused on price development of wheat, corn and soybeans in 1995 / 2015. The aim of the thesis is to bring complex view on price development and its volatility of chosen commodities. The other aims are determination of relations between individual markets, their volatility and liquidity. There have been also stated research questions dealing with impact of harvests of main world producers on the price volatility, relation between market volatility and liquidity, and influence of seasons on volatility of given commodities. There have been mixed two approaches fundamental and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis brings information about the main factors affecting the supply and demand of chosen commodities and putting these information into context of historical prices development. Technical analysis offers tools for volatility determination. The data based on technical analysis have been used for other processing with aim to bring better understanding of the market structure. The synthesis of previous results follow and the price development is interpreted in the context of these obtained information.

Cílem zpracované diplomové práce je poskytnout čtenáři informace o světovém trhu zemědělských komodit, přiblížit dění na trzích pěti vybraných zemědělských komodit v posledních letech a analyzovat možnosti použití různých strategií na datech za několik desetiletí do současnosti. Teoretickým základem pro objasnění významu trhu zemědělských komodit je analýza zpráv mezinárodních institucí. Pro praktickou část jsem nejprve zvolil Nejprve strategii Larryho Williamse. Zabýval jsem se v ní použitím indikátorů Larryho Williamse, který je považován za jednoho z nejlepších komoditních obchodníků na světě, jehož myšlení je zaměřováno především na fundamentální analýzu. Následně jsem se pokusil aplikovat systém Woodies, jehož autorem je Ken Wood, jako analýzu technického rázu, která je obyčejně používána pro intradenní obchodování. Jako poslední jsem zvolil konzervativnější strategii spreadů, která je i doporučována pro trh zemědělských komodit - sice nedává možnost značných výdělků, ale zároveň je zde omezeno riziko ztráty. Práce má přidanou hodnotu nejen ve volbě netradičních typů strategií, ale i jejich variací.

This thesis deals with exchange traded funds (ETFs). The goal is to explain how different kinds of ETFs work and to find out whether some of them operate inefficiently when it comes to following their benchmarks. The thesis describes the collective investments industry, characteristics and valuation of ETFs, and compares the performance of chosen commodity funds among themselves as well as to their benchmarks. The thesis reaches an interesting conclusion.

The final thesis will focus on explanation of basic knowledge regarding futures contracts trading and possible ways of trading them as the basis for the analytical part. Analytical part is based on real-time trading of stock, currency, index and commodity futures during several days and intraday trading. In several time periods we will focus on the results of portfolio made by these futures traded on american stock markets. In the end we will compare the results of trading with the opportunity cost of the investor and evaluate his behavior on the futures market.

Diploma work titled "Optimization options of municipal waste treatment in city of Adamov" sets itself a task to inform about possible methods of processing and utilizati-on of municipal waste. Opening part mentions current state and course of waste management in Czech Republic and possible trends in municipal waste treatment, on the basis of valid legislation. There is also data evaluation concerning to municipal waste producing in Adamov city. Based on acquired data I project municipal waste opti-mization treatment system to utilize individual parts of waste the best way possible. Closing, I judge new way of municipal waste treatment in city of Adamov from environmental, technological and economical point of view.

The thesis examines the effects of geopolitical events on global crude oil, wheat and aluminum prices. Geopolitical events have the potential to disrupt the production and supply of commodities to markets, affecting prices. Path analysis models that mirror crude oil, wheat and aluminum markets are constructed using theories specific to each commodity to measure how substantial the impacts of different variables are upon prices. Vector error correction models are then employed to test if individual geopolitical events have long-term effects on prices. An analysis of production and exports of commodities in regions and countries affected by geopolitical events is conducted to determine how severely production is disrupted. A basic examination of prices before, during and after geopolitical events is conducted to understand how quickly drivers of commodity prices can shift between geopolitical events and supply and demand fundamentals. It also serves to show how quickly prices revert to pre-event levels following a geopolitical event.

This thesis deals with influence of toll collection on transport of agricultural commodities. The study describes leading principles, purpose and types of electronic toll in selected European countries. Practical part analyses the effect of road pricing on concrete transported commo-dities and displays transport costs on different routes. Based on the results of this research it can be concluded that transport itself has a large influence on final price of transported material, however it is possible to reduce costs by choice of suitable route.

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diplomová práce s názvem ?Využití technické analýzy na komoditních trzích? se snaží prokázat možnost využití technické analýzy jako samostatného analytického přístupu, na jehož základě by se nechalo obchodovat se ziskem. V první části se zaměřuje na stručný popis jednotlivých analytických přístupů. V následujících částech analyzuje již samotnou technickou analýzu a jednotlivé přístupy, resp. technické indikátory či formace. V poslední části pak testuje vybrané zástupce technických indikátorů na burzovních datech a vyhodnocuje jejich možné využití pro praxi.

The objective of the Diploma Thesis entitled Gold market analysis and the influence of commodities on portfolio diversification is to provide an insight to commodities as an investment asset class. This goal is tackled by the first and the second chapter. The first chapter provides theoretical support for commodities as a distinct asset, whereas the second chapter is focused on investors opportunities to obtain economic exposure to commodity assets on current financial markets. When introducing the commodity products, main focus is set on the gold market. The second objective of the Diploma Thesis is to analyze the gold market and gold added value for the investors. The structure of both supply and demand for gold is analyzed. Demand and supply are identified as the main gold price drivers. The thesis confirms that the main added value of gold as an asset lies in its addition to a portfolio of capital assets. Gold significantly improves diversification of the portfolio, protects the portfolio from inflation as well as from the economic event risk. On the contrary, in comparison to capital assets gold is not an perspective stand alone investment. The last objective of the thesis is to analyze the diversification potential of commodity indexes within a portfolio context. The last chapter is devoted to this objective. The chapter introduces commodity indexes as an investible product and analyses the influence of a selected commodity index being added to a portfolio of capital assets on the efficient investment frontier. It is shown that not only is the commodity index not a good diversification tool but the investors would be better off by selling it short.