Course Outline
Introduction
Configuring the Development Environment
- Local versus online programming: Anaconda and Jupyter
Python Programming Basics
- Control structures, data types, functions, data structures, and operators
Expanding Python's Functionality
- Modules and Packages
Creating Your First Python Application
- Calculating start and end dates and times
Retrieving External Data with Python
- Importing and exporting, as well as reading and writing CSV data
- Interacting with data in SQL databases
Structuring Data with Arrays and Vectors in Python
- NumPy and vectorized functions
Data Visualization with Python
- 2D and 3D plotting with Matplotlib, pyplot, and SciPy
Data Analysis with Python
- Utilizing scipy.stats and pandas for data analysis
- Importing and exporting financial data (Excel, website data, etc.)
Simulating Asset Price Movements
- Monte Carlo simulation
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Optimization
- Executing capital allocation, asset allocation, and risk assessment
Risk Analysis and Investment Performance
- Formulating and resolving portfolio optimization problems
Fixed-Income Analysis and Option Pricing
- Carrying out fixed-income analysis and option pricing
Financial Time Series Analysis
- Analyzing time series data within financial markets
Deploying Your Python Application to Production
- Integrating your application with Excel and other web applications
Application Performance
- Optimizing your application
- Parallel Computing and Multiprocessing
Troubleshooting
Conclusion
Requirements
- Knowledge of financial concepts (securities, derivatives, etc.)
- A solid grasp of probability and statistics
- Basic skills in differential and integral calculus
Testimonials (3)
How to manage business financials
surprise mtileni - Hatima Holdings (Pty) ltd
Course - Learning Xero
Good communication, open for discussion, kept it interesting and engaging
Ahmet Keyman - Keytrade AG
Course - Management Accounting and Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
Hands-on exercises related to content really helps to understand more about each topic. Also, style of start class with lecture and continue with hands-on exercise is good and helpful to relate with the lecture that presented earlier.