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Python for Finance

Python for Finance

By : Yuxing Yan
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Python for Finance

Python for Finance

3.9 (22)
By: Yuxing Yan

Overview of this book

A hands-on guide with easy-to-follow examples to help you learn about option theory, quantitative finance, financial modeling, and time series using Python. Python for Finance is perfect for graduate students, practitioners, and application developers who wish to learn how to utilize Python to handle their financial needs. Basic knowledge of Python will be helpful but knowledge of programming is necessary.
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Installation of NumPy and SciPy

In the previous chapter, we discussed the module dependency and how it might be difficult to install a new module because it depends on many other modules. Fortunately, several super packages, such as Anaconda and Enthought Canoy, could be used to install several (or many) modules simultaneously. In this book, Anaconda is used, since it contains both NumPy and SciPy. To install it, we have to perform the following two steps:

  1. Go to http://continuum.io/downloads.
  2. According to your machine, choose the appropriate package, such as Windows 32-bit / 280M / md5: 91a6398f63a8cc6fa3db3a1e9195b3bf.

After installation, we will see the anaconda folder in C: for the Windows system. The Python version accompanying Anaconda is 2.7. In addition to NumPy and SciPy, Anaconda contains the other three modules we plan to discuss in this book. For a complete list of modules, about 124, included in Anaconda, you can check these out at http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/pkgs.html.

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