Author Topic: Free Online Course Starting Now: Introduction to Computational Finance and Finan  (Read 1448 times)

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Thought some of you guys might find this interesting:

https://www.coursera.org/course/compfinance

"Learn mathematical, programming and statistical tools used in the real world analysis and modeling of financial data. Apply these tools to model asset returns, measure risk, and construct optimized portfolios using the open source R programming language and Microsoft Excel.  Learn how to build probability models for asset returns, to apply statistical techniques to evaluate if asset returns are normally distributed, to use Monte Carlo simulation and bootstrapping techniques to evaluate statistical models, and to use optimization methods to construct efficient portfolios."