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About the Course

Course Overview: https://youtu.be/JgFV5qzAYno Python is now becoming the number 1 programming language for data science. Due to python’s simplicity and high readability, it is gaining its importance in the financial industry. The course combines both python coding and statistical concepts and applies into analyzing financial data, such as stock data. By the end of the course, you can achieve the following using python: - Import, pre-process, save and visualize financial data into pandas Dataframe - Manipulate the existing financial data by generating new variables using multiple columns - Recall and apply the important statistical concepts (random variable, frequency, distribution, population and sample, confidence interval, linear regression, etc. ) into financial contexts - Build a trading model using multiple linear regression model - Evaluate the performance of the trading model using different investment indicators Jupyter Notebook environment is configured in the course platform for practicing python coding without installing any client applications....

Top reviews

RH

Jan 4, 2024

It is an excellent course to apply statistic, probability and python methods in financial modelling. I would like that each section had resources to study statistics concepts related to the videos.

EJ

Aug 3, 2019

Great course! Very didatic explanations about financial and statistical concepts also with some interesting practical Python for Finance! Looking forward for new courses from same Univ. and prof.!

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By Aaron C

Apr 29, 2020

Amazing insight into Python and data analysis! I learned a lot about statistics and stock strategies!

By Jinliang Z

Apr 28, 2020

Very informative course. Learnt a lot from financial perspective as well as data analysis techniques.

By Shilpi S

Apr 24, 2020

More explanation on the Evaluating Strategy will be helpful.

The Python codes helped in understanding.

By Aayushi S

Oct 15, 2022

The course is amazing and I learned a lot of new things, that will probably help me with my career.

By Alyssa L

Jul 21, 2021

This course is really practical and helpful. And it connects Python and Finance Analysis perfectly.

By Leonor C

Jun 11, 2020

Excellent course for students of finance who are thinking of using python for their thesis analysis!

By Rafael S L d M

Sep 21, 2020

For the ones with an previous knowledge of python is a very good course, simple and straightforward

By Hongyi W

Mar 30, 2019

This is my first time to study on Coursera. This course is fairly useful to me. Thanks, Prof. Wan.

By LIN H

Aug 18, 2019

This course is very clear and it taught me by the most efficient way to understand the materials.

By Tam Y S

Dec 22, 2023

There are some minor mistake in the video, but overall is good and the lecturer is professional.

By Pedro R C M

Apr 16, 2020

very complete. The material shared by the professor is very useful and complete. i like it a lot

By hicham b

Dec 25, 2019

Excellent course, I liked the idea of having a jupyter notebook after every lesson to play with.

By liutiantong

Nov 13, 2022

this course is easy to understand for people who do not have programming basis. Great course !

By Leo S

Sep 15, 2020

very useful! containing many aspects in financial analysis. especially the model building part

By Roland R

Sep 23, 2019

very clear explanations, very useful and applied coding using python and its relevant modules.

By Egor S

Jan 28, 2019

Good and very practical course! Looking forward to next parts considering more complex models.

By Broon B

Oct 12, 2022

Great course, easy to follow and understand, great practical exercises and very interactive.

By Khodr9 .

Dec 18, 2019

Really good course for finance professionals, super straight foward for our day to day needs.

By Krisztina B

Jul 9, 2021

Great class . Only advice is to offer more python practice for individuals who are beginners

By Yue H L

May 13, 2023

A great refresher for someone who studied linear regression and multiple regression before!

By Valerio V

Feb 24, 2023

Easy to improve your skills on python, ML and finance tool to create an investment strategy

By 胡祯崧

Aug 13, 2020

As a beginner of the finance trading strategy, I found this course is very suitable for me.

By Olusegun A

Jul 19, 2020

This course is top-notch and I like the way in which the lectures are structured.

Thank you.

By Dimitrios G K

Feb 22, 2021

Few words but to the point, I really enjoyed this. Congratulation to instructor Xuhu Wan.

By Ramiro J B

Apr 3, 2020

Great course with great statistical fundaments. It is great to practice finance analysis.