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    Learn computational investing techniques for algorithmic trading. Understand how to develop and backtest trading strategies using programming languages.

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation

      Skills you'll gain: Investments, Finance, Portfolio Management, Business Valuation, Financial Modeling, Equities, Return On Investment, Financial Analysis, Asset Management, Microsoft Excel, Regression Analysis, Risk Analysis, Performance Analysis, Estimation, Cash Flows

      Build toward a degree

      4.7
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Columbia University

      Optimization Methods in Asset Management

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Asset Management, Market Liquidity, Risk Management, Financial Market, Financial Modeling, Financial Trading, Equities, Statistical Methods, Risk Analysis, Securities Trading, Market Dynamics, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analysis

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      43 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Financial Controllers: Boosting Budget Accuracy

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Forecasting, Management Reporting, Dashboard, Budgeting, Financial Management, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Analytics, Power BI, Cash Flow Forecasting, Generative AI, Tableau Software, Real Time Data, Business Intelligence, Financial Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis, Trend Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Automation, Data Visualization

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Portfolio Optimization using Markowitz Model

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Finance, Financial Modeling, Correlation Analysis, Financial Analysis, Investments, Risk Modeling

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      322 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google Cloud

      Offloading Financial Mainframe Data into BigQuery and Elastic Search

      Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Kibana, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Data Import/Export, Financial Data, Mainframe Computing, Dataflow, Big Data, Exploratory Data Analysis, SQL, Data Analysis

      Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      EDUCBA

      Predictive Analytics Model for Term Deposit Investment

      Skills you'll gain: Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Predictive Analytics, Decision Tree Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Analytics, Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Statistical Modeling, Financial Forecasting, Marketing, Supervised Learning, Data Cleansing, Machine Learning Methods, Data Transformation, Program Standards

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Seeking Investment Alpha

      Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Financial Analysis, Return On Investment, Financial Services, Investment Management, Investments, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Equities

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      104 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors

      Skills you'll gain: Investments, Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Finance, Return On Investment, Behavioral Economics, Equities, Financial Market, Asset Management, Performance Analysis, Income Tax, Financial Trading, Tax Management, Decision Making, Benchmarking

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      879 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Duke University

      Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure

      Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, FinTech, Interoperability, Payment Systems, Financial Inclusion, Financial Systems, Cryptography, Digital Assets, Financial Regulation, Banking, Encryption, Computer Security, Governance

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Pennsylvania

      AI Applications in Marketing and Finance

      Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Fraud detection, Big Data, Credit Risk, Risk Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Digital Transformation, Customer Insights, Machine Learning, Marketing Analytics, Data Mining, Customer Engagement, Advanced Analytics, Driving engagement, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Anomaly Detection, Applied Machine Learning, Customer experience improvement, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      454 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Automated Financial Reporting

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, LLM Application, Google Gemini, Generative AI, Financial Reporting, Anomaly Detection, AI Product Strategy, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Accounting and Finance Software, Business Process Automation, Financial Analysis, Data Analysis

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Loans, FinTech, Lending and Underwriting, Cyber Risk, Operational Risk, Scalability, Regulatory Compliance, Interoperability, Commercial Lending, Payment Systems, Financial Inclusion, Legal Risk, Exploit development, Derivatives, Key Management, Cryptography, Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Entrepreneurship

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computational investing courses

    • Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Optimization Methods in Asset Management: Columbia University
    • GenAI for Financial Controllers: Boosting Budget Accuracy: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Portfolio Optimization using Markowitz Model: Coursera Project Network
    • Offloading Financial Mainframe Data into BigQuery and Elastic Search: Google Cloud
    • Predictive Analytics Model for Term Deposit Investment: EDUCBA
    • Seeking Investment Alpha: Coursera Project Network
    • Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure: Duke University
    • AI Applications in Marketing and Finance: University of Pennsylvania

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