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Python for Finance

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About Python For Finance

Build reallife Python applications for quantitative finance and financial engineeringAbout This Book Estimate market risk, form various portfolios, and estimate their variance-covariance matrixes using real-world data Explains many financial concepts and trading strategies with the help of graphs A step-by-step tutorial with many Python programs that will help you learn how to apply Python to finance Who This Book Is ForPython for Finance is perfect for graduate students, practitioners, and application developers who wish to learn how to utilize Python to handle their financial needs. Basic programming knowledge is helpful, but not necessary.What You Will Learn Build a financial calculator based on Python Learn how to price various types of options such as European, American, average, lookback, and barrier options Write Python programs to download data from Yahoo! Finance Estimate returns and convert daily returns into monthly or annual returns Form an n-stock portfolio and estimate its variance-covariance matrix Estimate VaR (Value at Risk) for a stock or portfolio Run CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) and the Fama-French 3-factor model Learn how to optimize a portfolio and draw an efficient frontier Conduct various statistic tests such as T-tests, F-tests, and normality tests In DetailPython is a free and powerful tool that can be used to build a financial calculator and price options, and can also explain many trading strategies and test various hypotheses. This book details the steps needed to retrieve time series data from different public data sources. Python for Finance explores the basics of programming in Python. It is a step-by-step tutorial that will teach you, with the help of concise, practical programs, how to run various statistic tests. This book introduces you to th