Financial Data Science
Confidently analyze, interpret and act on financial data with this practical introduction to the fundamentals of financial data science. Master the fundamentals with step-by-step introductions to core topics will equip you with a solid foundation for applying data science techniques to real-world complex financial problems. Extract meaningful insights as you learn how to use data to lead informed, data-driven decisions, with over 50 examples and case studies and hands-on Matlab and Python code. Explore cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning for financial data analysis, including deep learning and natural language processing. Accessible to readers without a specialized background in finance or machine learning, and including coverage of data representation and visualization, data models and estimation, principal component analysis, clustering methods, optimization tools, mean/variance portfolio optimization and financial networks, this is the ideal introduction for financial services professionals, and graduate students in finance and data science.
- Includes over 180 individual end-of-chapter problems to consolidate understanding
- Written as a step-by-step introduction to machine learning concepts for financial applications, presented from first principles
- A versatile textbook which can also serve as a self-learning manual for perspective quantitative finance professionals needing to acquire the basic tools of the trade
Product details
June 2025Hardback
9781009432245
414 pages
254 × 203 mm
Not yet published - available from June 2025
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface
- 2. Data representation and visualization
- 3. Data models and estimation
- 4. Principle component analysis
- 5. Clustering methods
- 6. Linear regression models
- 7. Linear classifers
- 8. Nonlinear classifiers and kernel methods
- 9. Neural networks and deep learning
- 10. Optimization tools
- 11. Mean/variance portfolio optimization
- 12. Beyond the mean/variance model
- 13. Financial networks
- 14. Text analytics
- Index.