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Python Basics Course Overview
Welcome to CFI's Python Basics Course: Machine Learning for Finance Professionals. The world of finance is changing and now is the time to invest. The skill sets of investment bankers, asset managers, sales and trading professionals are rapidly evolving and developing a Python skill set is essential if you want to progress.
Welcome to CFI's Python Basics Course: Machine Learning for Finance Professionals. The world of finance is changing and now is the time to invest.
The skill sets of investment bankers, asset managers, sales and trading professionals are rapidly evolving and developing a Python skill set is essential if you want to progress.
CFI has partnered with Machine Learning Edge to bring you a unique Python fundamentals course for finance professionals. This course will use your knowledge of Excel to learn Python in an intuitive and easy way!
Python is essential for analyzing big data and is the foundational software used by data scientists for machine learning. Knowing Excel means that you already understand the fundamental concepts of programming and computer science.
In this course, you will learn how to apply these Excel concepts to the Python language. We recommend anyone new to Excel take CFI's Free Excel Crash Course, to ensure a full understanding of the course content.
The course begins by teaching you the basics of Python programming, which we'll use to transition to more advanced topics.
The key concepts that the course will cover are:
This Python Fundamentals course will demonstrate the fundamentals of Python programming and how it is used in the financial industry. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
The course will teach you how to import and use the NumPy and Pandas package. Learn how to access .csv and .xlxs files in Python, how to filter data with boolean masks, how to create indicator variables with .astype(), how to manipulate arrays in NumPy packages.
This is an applied course, so all concepts covered will have applied examples so you can try it out for yourself.
This Python course is for finance professionals and is perfect for beginners who are new to programming and want to learn the basics of Python. This is the first step in your journey towards understanding machine learning.
It is designed for professionals in sales and trading, investment banking, capital markets, asset management, treasury management, corporate development, FP&A, or students working toward a career in these areas.
The Python Fundamentals course is the first of two courses in the Machine Learning for Finance program provided by CFI and Machine Learning Edge. This program will teach you how to use machine learning to solve real-world problems in finance and investment.
The projects you will complete are based on real, proprietary algorithms used today to advise Fortune 500 companies on investment banking and capital markets decisions.
By the end of the program, you will be able to recognize opportunities to solve problems using machine learning in your immediate environment. You will be able to determine the best type of machine learning algorithms for any problem.
You will also be able to design original applications using machine learning algorithms such as regression algorithms and classification algorithms.
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