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Python For Finance

This document introduces Python for analyzing financial data. It discusses why Python is popular among different disciplines like software engineers, mathematicians, data analysts, scientists, and accountants. It then provides steps on how to install Python through Google Colaboratory and discusses how Python can be used to take financial decisions by importing libraries like Pandas, Numpy, and yFinance to extract and analyze historical stock market data from Yahoo Finance.

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Python For Finance

This document introduces Python for analyzing financial data. It discusses why Python is popular among different disciplines like software engineers, mathematicians, data analysts, scientists, and accountants. It then provides steps on how to install Python through Google Colaboratory and discusses how Python can be used to take financial decisions by importing libraries like Pandas, Numpy, and yFinance to extract and analyze historical stock market data from Yahoo Finance.

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"PYTHON FOR FINANCE:

AN INTRODUCTION FOR
ANALYZE BIG FINANCIAL
DATA WITH PYTHON”

Professor: OSCAR JAVIER


MARTINEZ H.
Is the most popular programming
language not just among software
¿WHY IS engineers, also Python is used
between Mathematicians, Data
PYTHON Analyst, Scientists, Accountants,
Network Engineers, and even kids can
SO use Python because is a friendly

POPULA language. So, people from different


disciplines use Python.
R? For example, we can use Python to
extract data from yahoo finance. Now,
go to learn how to made it.
¿HOW TO INSTALL
PYTHON?
Steps:

1. If you don’t have installed Python on your computer, please


open a gmail account, go to Google Drive and select new +
plus + Google Colaboratory.

2. Once installed, please open a new notebook.


¿HOW CAN I WORK WITH PYTHON
FOR TAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS?

1. Python has libraries that serve for this purpose, for example, Pandas,
Numpy, Datetime, yFinance.

2. Is useful for a variety of different tasks, such as data analysis and


visualization, artificial intelligence, automation.

3. You can easily write a Python script to automate all and save time.
You don’t need to be a software developer.
¿HOW CAN I WORK WITH PYTHON
FOR TAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS?

Solve complex You need


problems in less import the
time with fewer following
lines of code. libraries:

Pandas Numpy
(fundamental Datetime yfinance Requests
(Panel data) computing)

!pip Import Send


array vs list install yfinance as HTTP requests
yf using Python
yfinance
¿HOW CAN I WORK WITH PYTHON
FOR TAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS?

Advantages: Update market data directly from yahoo finance and


manipulate it.
- Install packages that we’ll be need.
- Commands to import and analyze historical stock market data.
- Visualization with matplotlib or seaborn.
AN EXAMPLE

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