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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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      Duke University

      Investment Evaluation

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Acumen, Capital Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Cash Flows, Cost Benefit Analysis, Return On Investment, Investments, Risk Analysis

      5
      Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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      25 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Portfolio Diversification using Correlation Matrix

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Financial Management, Risk Management, Investment Management, Financial Market, Financial Modeling, Investments, Correlation Analysis, Analysis, Statistics

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      284 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Fundação Instituto de Administração

      Data & Finance for the future

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Business Analytics, Regression Analysis, Business Valuation, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Statistical Inference, Financial Accounting, Cash Flows, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Competitive Analysis, International Finance, Business Economics, Economics, Market Dynamics, Business Planning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      465 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research

      Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Market Research, Market Analysis, Marketing, Prompt Engineering, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Generative AI, Content Marketing

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      79 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Fractal Analytics

      Modern Data Strategy for Enterprise Generative AI

      Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Responsible AI, Data Management, Data Architecture, Metadata Management, Data Ethics, Data Strategy, Generative AI, Data Quality, Interoperability, Data Store, LLM Application, Data Pipelines, AI Product Strategy, Generative AI Agents, Information Privacy, Threat Modeling, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

      Open Data and Intelligent Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Inclusion, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Data Governance, FinTech, Financial Data, AI Personalization, Mobile Banking, Data Sharing, Financial Regulation, Payment Systems, Financial Services, Open Source Technology, Financial Systems, Finance, Business Ethics, Human Centered Design, Interoperability, Product Design, Application Programming Interface (API)

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      10 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Fraud detection, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Exploratory Data Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Data Processing, Data Visualization, Data Synthesis, Python Programming

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      7 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Rice University

      Capstone: Build a Winning Investment Portfolio

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Investments, Wealth Management, Financial Market, Simulation and Simulation Software, Performance Analysis, Market Trend, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Case Studies, Decision Making, Peer Review, Forecasting

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      67 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Rice University

      Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Performance Measurement, Performance Analysis, Return On Investment, Investments, Financial Market, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Benchmarking

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      277 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Deep Dive

      Skills you'll gain: Lending and Underwriting, Blockchain, Commercial Lending, Derivatives, FinTech, Market Liquidity, Financial Trading, Securities (Finance), Digital Assets, Market Data, Transaction Processing, Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      296 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives

      Skills you'll gain: Loans, FinTech, Payment Systems, Key Management, Cryptography, Digital Assets, Market Liquidity, Financial Trading, Transaction Processing

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      438 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding

      Skills you'll gain: FinTech, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Banking Services, Financial Inclusion, Fundraising, Capital Markets, Blockchain, Credit Risk, Financial Services, Loans, Lending and Underwriting, Securities (Finance)

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      307 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Investment Evaluation: Duke University
    • Portfolio Diversification using Correlation Matrix: Coursera Project Network
    • Data & Finance for the future: Fundação Instituto de Administração
    • ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research: Coursera Project Network
    • Modern Data Strategy for Enterprise Generative AI: Fractal Analytics
    • Open Data and Intelligent Finance: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
    • Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection: Coursera Project Network
    • Capstone: Build a Winning Investment Portfolio: Rice University
    • Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis: Rice University
    • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Deep Dive: Duke University

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