Market Analysts and Traders

Overview


Market strategists use analytics to control the risk in their portfolios and to forecast asset returns. The following contain resources that can be used in market research.

  • Market Analytics
  • Trading Analytics
  • Economic Analytics

User Tracks


The following examples each work through a complete solution for the specified problem.
Build and Test a Moving Average Trade Strategy
Demonstrates how to take a series of asset prices and to build a trading strategy using a simple moving average.
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Factor Analysis
Uses the techniques of quantitative finance to decompose a price series into a set of factors.
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Derivative Risk
Shows some of the basic techniques of computing derivative risk.
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Portfolio Construction
Utilizes the techniques of quantitative portfolio analysis to demonstrate the calculation of portfolio holdings for a given portfolio strategy.
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Retirement Planning
Demonstrates techniques used to help determine how much money is required for an individual to be able to retire.
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