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This python in finance training course offers a short but intensive hands-on introduction to the use of Python and the most popular data analytics packages and how to apply this to solve some common modelling tasks in finance.

This is a very hands-on course where participants will spend the majority of their time importing or downloading finance data and building and preparing models.

Python for Finance

Course Code

GTIT53

Duration

1 Day

Course Fee

POA

Accreditation

N/A

Target Audience

This course is suited to graduates, finance professionals and technologists working in financial services.

Attendee Requirements

This course assumes participants are familiar with the python programming language; Basic pandas DataFrames, Series and plotting functions.

Technical Requirements

  • A laptop with a recent version of Anaconda Navigator installed.
  • Reliable web access for live online delivery

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Course Description

This python in finance training course offers a short but intensive hands-on introduction to the use of Python and the most popular data analytics packages and how to apply this to solve some common modelling tasks in finance.

This is a very hands-on course where participants will spend the majority of their time importing or downloading finance data and building and preparing models.

Course Outline

Morning
Time Value of Money
•    Time Value of Money
•    Time Series and Forecasting
•    Models & Valuation

The Capital Asset Pricing Model
•    Introduction to risk and CAPM
•    CAPM for a portfolio with 2 securities
•    CAPM for multiple securities
•    Calculating alpha, beta and the Sharpe Ratio

Afternoon
Regression Analysis
•    Introduction to statsmodels
•    Simple Regression Analysis
•    Multiple Regression Analysis

Monte Carlo Simulation
•    Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulations
•    Calculating VaR using
•    Pricing an option

 

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All courses are now only available via live online training deliveries. Talk to us about how we can fine-tune a course to suit your team's current skillset and ultimate learning objectives.

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