Computational Finance

2 Credits.

Modern financial markets are characterized by the widespread use of ever more powerful computational technology. The solutions to pricing, hedging, and portfolio allocation problems require familiarity with it, and so does effective trading in an age in which accuracy and speed are essential. This course teaches students the fundamentals of coding. The emphasis is on coding for inferential, modeling and simulation purposes. Class instruction will be based on Python, one of the most popular programming platforms in the industry and the common language of choice for all courses in our MS in Finance program.