Course Outline
Introduction
Establishing the Development Environment
- Local versus online programming: Anaconda and Jupyter
Foundations of Python Programming
- Control structures, data types, functions, data structures, and operators
Expanding Python's Functionalities
- Modules and Packages
Developing Your Initial Python Application
- Calculating starting and ending dates and times
Retrieving External Data Using Python
- Importing, exporting, reading, and writing CSV data
- Accessing data stored in SQL databases
Structuring Data with Arrays and Vectors in Python
- NumPy and vectorized functions
Data Visualization with Python
- Matplotlib for 2D and 3D plotting, pyplot, and SciPy
Data Analysis with Python
- Conducting data analysis using scipy.stats and pandas
- Importing and exporting financial data, including Excel and website data
Simulating Asset Price Movements
- Monte Carlo simulation
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Optimization
- Executing capital allocation, asset distribution, and risk evaluation
Risk Assessment and Investment Performance
- Formulating and resolving portfolio optimization challenges
Fixed-Income Analysis and Option Pricing
- Carrying out fixed-income analysis and pricing options
Financial Time Series Analysis
- Examining time series data within financial markets
Deploying Your Python Application to Production
- Integrating applications with Excel and other web-based solutions
Application Performance
- Optimizing application performance
- Parallel Computing and Multiprocessing
Debugging and Troubleshooting
Conclusion
Requirements
- Familiarity with financial concepts, such as securities and derivatives
- A general grasp of probability and statistics
- Basic knowledge of 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.