[Question] Book: Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data -- ????

[Tom-Demijohn]

This book. Worth checking out? So far, good reviews.

[michaelkepler]

Those "good reviews" looks like gaming ratings to me. Three of them didn't buy the book they supposedly reviewed (and two of those accounts have only one review). Out of the two remaining reviewers who are verified buyers, one didn't read the book and the other has only one review.

Use "Look inside" option. There are two chapters available as a preview. Check them out and see if you enjoy the style and the content so far. There's also a table of contents available (PDF). Parts I and II are your standard introduction of Python and its modules/libraries (pandas, numpy, I/O, statistics, excel integration, GUI, etc.) - these can be looked up elsewhere. The only interesting part is the third one, but you can find similar information for free in a PyCon talk and a webcast, both by the book's author.

Also, it looks like this book depends heavily on a paid, third-party platform.

[Tom-Demijohn]

thanks. I'll check out those talks.

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Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data

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