Tech Analysts, S&T Analysts (optionally)
Following the course, participants will be able to: • Write functions that return portfolio statistics (vol, return, beta) in Python • Take a principled approach to maximising portfolio efficiency • Select example portfolios for clients depending on risk appetite • Plot price and other information graphically • future-proof the application by pulling in live prices from an API/webscraping • Identify third party solutions that implement the above functionality
• Python recap: implementing alpha, beta, Sharpe and other ratios as functions or classes • Introduction to Efficient Frontier • Design: What are the prerequisites of a simple Efficient Frontier generator? • Walkthrough, with facilitator, of existing EF generator code, on a portfolio of only stocks. • Implement enhanced version which progressively demonstrates the value added by including more asset classes: Fixed income -> commodities -> alternatives • Making the application more powerful with e.g. live price updates from web scraping or API.
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