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Category: Foundations

Unusual and Exotic Futures – Quick Summaries

March 1, 2018 Patrick Leave a comment

Generally speaking, almost anything can be theoretically traded as a derivative. Regulatory bodies need to approve of the listing and there…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Derivatives, Finance 101, risk

Intro Python 1: Functions & String Formatting

October 12, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

This is our Intro Python 1: Functions & String Formatting tutorial that will introduce functions in python and show one…

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Posted in: Code & Automation, Foundations Filed under: Foundations, Functions, Programming, Python

Installing Anaconda – Python

October 5, 2017 Patrick Leave a comment

Let’s run through how to get Python up and running by installing Anaconda, one of its most popular distributions. Anaconda will…

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Posted in: Code & Automation, Foundations

What Is Tracking Error? An Introduction

September 6, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

There are many ways for portfolio managers to quantify and report on the riskiness of a given portfolio. Perhaps the…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Finance 101, Portfolio Management

Variance and Risk II – Covariance

September 5, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

What is Covariance? Covariance is simply the variance between the observations of two random variables. It should be clear both…

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Posted in: Foundations, Statistical Methods Filed under: Excel, Finance 101, Portfolio Management, Statistics

Exotic Options – Some Summaries

August 21, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

Today we’re going to break down a few of the many varieties of so-called “exotic” options that exist. Broadly speaking,…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Derivatives, Exotic Derivatives, Options

Credit Analysis I – 5Cs

August 8, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

Credit analysis is not entirely unlike equity research. In both cases the analyst is trying to answer questions about the…

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Posted in: Foundations, Fundamental Analysis Filed under: Credit Analysis, Finance 101

Monte Carlo – Simulating Opus Banks Stock Price II

July 31, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

Following up on Part I, we’re going to kill two birds with one stone and learn both how to simulate…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Excel, Monte Carlo, VBA

Monte Carlo – Simulating Opus Banks Stock Price I

July 30, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

In parallel to our ongoing series introducing different Monte Carlo techniques I thought it would be fun to incorporate more…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo III – A Simple Example with VBA

July 29, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

If you haven’t read the first two posts introducing the concept of Monte Carlo simulations and running through a basic,…

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Posted in: Code & Automation, Foundations, Risk Management Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, Monte Carlo, VBA

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