Main goal of the diploma thesis is to research liquidity management problems of the Federal Reserve System during banking crisis 1929 -- 1933. Monetary policy implementation based on the implicit reserve targeting was not convenient in times of sharp expansion of the demand for reserves. FED was misled by Real-bills and Riefler-Burgess doctrine and considers monetary condition to be easy. Money interest rates responded very moderately to the shortage of the banking system's liquidity. We can find origin of the first quantitative easing in 1932 when FED first bought larger quantities of the government securities. Expansionary monetary policy during the banking crisis 1929 -- 1933 was also potentially limited by the conflict among U.S. financial stability and sustainability of the gold standard.

International companies perform business transactions in different countries all over the world and must be able to manage their financial assets in various currencies. Significant foreign exchange alteration can markedly harm market value of any company. The companies use so called 'hedging' to avoid such situations. The aim of this master thesis is to analyze specifics of currency operations based on a case study in the international company and its transaction exposure. The thesis discovers that the selected company uses only two types of 'hedging'.

The thesis is focused on the management of exchange rate risk in international trade. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The first part deals with the theories of the exchange rate, exchange rate risk and also on its management. The most common way of risk hedging is the use of currency derivatives. Therefore their advantages and disadvantages will be presented. In the practical part, theoretical knowledge will be applied to foreign exchange risk management of a specific Czech international trading company. After evaluating of its current approach, more effective hedging strategy will be suggested.

The introduction of euro in 2002 was considered to be a risky "experiment. Even before its actual existence, many economists have doubted the success of the Economic Monetary Union (EMU) emphasizing the potential costs of such a bold action. The traditional Optimum Currency Area by Mundell (1961), Mc Kinnon (1963) and Kenen (1969) has pointed out the loss of the exchange-rate mechanism and the structural differences among the member states as the main sources of costs within a monetary union. Ten years after the circulation of euro, the ongoing Greek debt crisis has revealed the imperfections of the EMU. Greece has become the "black sheep" of the union, having accumulated unsustainable levels of public debt and deficits that could pose a threat for the future of the Eurozone. It is widely believed that the profligate fiscal policies of the Greek government and the domestic flaws of the Greek economy have played an importan role on the country's debt crisis. However, the impact of Greece's accession to the EMU on the current crisis is still a moot question.

The aim of this thesis is to describe problematics of accounting and reporting of foreign currency, application of exchange rates and rise and settlement of exchange differences in reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards and Czech accounting regulations. The thesis is also focused on comparison of the dissimilarities between those systems, especially in the field of selection and proper use of foreign currencies, exchange rates and on dissimilarities in the rise and settlement of exchange differences in the various stages of the accounting period and various situations. Thesis clearly informs about problematics of currency and exchange rates and shows on practical examples application of such rules.

The thesis deals with the readiness of the Czech Republic to adopt Euro from nominal as well as from real criterions point of view. Theory of optimum currency area is introduced in the first part of the thesis. In the second part the particular criterions are analyzed on example of the Czech Republic. In last part the most important consequences related to Euro adoption are examined.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to test the own trading strategies on the exchange market and evaluate their success and applicability in practice. In the introduction of the diploma thesis, there are described basic parameters and basis for testing, such as tested indicators, tested time period and chosen currency pairs. In the next part of the thesis, selected indicators are compiled into three trading strategies, which are then tested . The final part consists of evaluating the results of all three trading strategies .

This dissertation deals with the links between stock market returns and foreign exchange rates, industrial production and exports to Germany in three Central and East European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland). The main questions addressed are: "Do macroeconomic factors related to foreign exchange rates and industrial production affect stock market returns in the Visegrad-3? And what is the impact of exports to Germany on those stock returns?" This analysis makes use of panel-data and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) to produce results. Firstly, foreign exchange rates are found to have a negative effect on stock returns. However the divergence in currency returns between the three countries means that the overall effect may be due to some factors that are not accounted for in this analysis. Secondly, there is a positive, but lagged, association between industrial production and stock returns. Thirdly, exports to Germany from the region are also found to have a positive impact on the stock returns of the Visegrad-3. Finally, there is divergence among the three countries with respect to the relationship between the macroeconomic factors and stock returns. Poland and Hungary are seen to exert a significant amount of influence over the region's stock markets.

This diploma thesis deals with the realization of a business order, consisting in creating a system of rapid analysis and optimization based on real business data of currency pairs using the MATLAB software. Within this developed topic a customer automated trading system is implemented, including the analysis and the optimization of the system parameters. There was also used a predictive system of the development of the prices, using artificial intelligence methods, based on historical data. The obtained data from the optimization and the simulations of the automated trading system are clearly summarized in graphic outputs.

This diploma thesis on the topic "Use of financial analysis as an instrument of investment decision-making" processes the financial evaluation of the economy and the effectiveness of selected investment decisions in the past years using methods of financial analysis. For this purpose, I chose the monitored period from 2012 to 2018. In the first part of the thesis, attention is paid to the evaluation of performance and financial sustainability in terms of implemented and planned investments of the theoretical base. The methods and analyzes used also include the methodology of their calculation. The second part deals with the individual indicators applied to Škoda Auto a.s., based in Mladá Boleslav a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. In addition, this section addresses the approach and decision making of the management of the company on investment projects that have already been planned or are planned in the near future, and recommendations are proposed for improving.