skill PathAnalyze Financial Data with Python

The best analysts at banks and hedge funds rely on more than Excel. Learn how to use Python, the fastest-growing programming language in the world, to process, analyze, and visualize financial data faster than ever.

7 weeks

Includes

Python, Portfolio Optimization, Financial APIs, NumPy, Financial Statistics, MatPlotLib, and more...

Experience

Beginners welcome

For those who want to

  • Optimize a portfolio with Python
  • Automate financial analyses
  • Learn quantitative finance

Earn

Certificate of Completion

What will you be able to do?

Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do with this skill.

What will you be able to do?

Here are just a few things you’ll be able to do with this skill.

WORK LIKE A QUANT

Use Python and APIs like Nasdaq Data on Demand to evaluate the risk and expected return on assets.

OPTIMIZE A PORTFOLIO

Calculate and visualize optimal asset allocations with lightning speed.

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You really feel like there's nothing you can't learn, which in turn builds so much confidence in your skills and gives the momentum to keep learning.

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