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Which programming language to choose for QuantFinance: Python or C++

Blog • c++, programming, python, quantfinance

In QuantFinance, the selection of an appropriate programming language is paramount to success. Among the frontrunners are Python and C++, each possessing unique strengths and catering to distinct requirements. This comprehensive analysis delves into the key aspects of these languages, empowering you to make an informed decision regarding the most suitable champion for your QuantFinance […]

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Bitcoin Halving: How to Analyze Trends

Blog • bitcoin, finance, halving, python

Bitcoin has soared to an all-time high, surpassing previous records and capturing the attention of investors worldwide. Several factors contribute to this historic milestone: Speaking of halving, this event occurs approximately every four years and entails a 50% reduction in the rate at which new Bitcoins are created. The most recent halving took place in

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How to use Python to Crawl Financial News

Blog • financial news, investment, market sentiment, nlp, python, sentiment analysis, tesla, trading, web crawling

In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, staying ahead of market movements is key to success. One powerful tool at the disposal of traders, analysts, and investors alike is web crawling. Harnessing Python for this purpose opens up a world of possibilities, allowing access to real-time news updates and insights that can make or break investment decisions.

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Compound Interest from Scratch using Python

Blog • compound interest, finance, growth investment, inflation, python, simple interest

In this post, we will explore one of the core concepts of finance that will drastically increase your gains over time — the famous snowball effect: Compound Interest. What is it? Compound interest is the concept of earning interest not only on your initial investment (principal) but also on the interest accumulating over time. Unlike

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2 – Building a Portfolio Manager with Python: Adding stocks

Series & Projects • apple, portfolio manager, python, stocks

This post is part of a series of posts that we will go from complete scratch and build a portfolio management tool using Python. In the last post, we defined project choices and started to code, adding a database handler and a simple UI to work with. Here is the previous post in case you

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1 – Building a Portfolio Manager with Python: First steps

Series & Projects • finance, json, portolio manager, project, python

This post is the first of a series of posts in which we will start from scratch and build a portfolio management tool using Python. The full capabilities of this tool will still be discovered as we build it. However, at the very least, we will make it possible for the user to register the

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