Friday 29 August 2014

Top films about Finance

Mượn chủ đề tài chính để nói về đạo đức kinh doanh, về tình yêu, phẩm chất hay những quy luật và triết lý của cuộc sống, những bộ phim dưới đây không chỉ có giá trị giải trí mà còn có tính giáo dục cao.

1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
IMDB: 8.7/10
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It's a Wonderful Life is the story of downcast bank manager George Bailey, played memorably by the late, great James Stewart, who sets out to kill himself on Christmas Eve but changes his mind when a guardian angel helps him realise he has made a difference in the world.

"To my big brother, George - The richest man in town."

Được chuyển thể từ truyện ngắn nổi tiếng The Greatest Gift của nhà văn Philip Van Doren Stern, It's a

Thursday 21 August 2014

Topic 8: Exchange rates


References 
EPS - Foreign Trade University




A. TERMS, THEORIES AND DEFINITIONS                             
In finance, an exchange rate (also known as a foreign-exchange rate, forex rate, FX rate or Agio) between twocurrencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency.  For example,

Saturday 16 August 2014

Topic 7: Central Banking















A. TERMS, THEORIES AND DEFINITIONS                             
Theories:
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is a public institution that usually issues the currency, regulates the money supply, and controls the interest rates in the country. Central banks often also oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on printing, the national currency, which usually serves as the nation’s legal tender. Examples include

Wednesday 13 August 2014

Topic 6: Mergers and Acquisitions

References: ESP – International Banking and Finance, FTU investopedia.com wikipedia.org
A. TERMS, THEORIES AND DEFINITIONS                             

Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) are both aspects of strategic management, corporate finance andmanagement dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or new location, without creating a subsidiary, other child entity or using a joint venture. 

Distinction between Mergers and Acquisitions 
Although they are often uttered in the same breath and used as though they were synonymous, the terms merger and acquisition mean slightly different things. 

Saturday 2 August 2014

Topic 5: Futures and Derivatives


A futures contract is a derivative, but the futures exchange doesn't call them 'derivatives,' they call them 'futures.'

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A. TERMS, THEORIES AND DEFINITIONS                            
Derivatives (phái sinh) are financial contracts whose value derives from the value of underlying security or asset. Futures contracts, forward contracts, options and swaps are the most common types of derivatives.
A forward contract (hợp đồng kỳ hạn) is an agreement between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a predetermined future point of time at a predefined price. The essence of the contract is that the trade date and delivery date are distinctly different and the delivery date is a future date.
A futures contract (hợp đồng tương lai) is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a