Reviews

On Dec 4 Patrick Mulder wrote: Nice overview on scripting financial models with Python
Understanding trends in financial markets, and estimating risks, is hard. This book does a nice job of showing introducing Python for number crunching and data analysis. While the books' topics are relevant for other engineering disciplines, it would be nice to broaden its scope to e.g. corporate finances or general cashflow questions. Full Review  >

Rating: 3.0

On Jun 13 Hock Ng wrote: Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data
I was able to review an early release version of Python for Finance by Yves Hilpisch....Although I was expecting to learn more financial analysis and algorithms, this book as it currently stands has a skew towards teaching the reader about Python and the various libraries. I was disappointed at the lack of financial ‘big data’ examples. The author covers the numpy, pandas and matplotlib libraries. Full Review  >

Rating: 3.0