Course Listing: TOPICS IN FINANCE
Spring 2020, Bloomington
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BUS-F 455 TOPICS IN FINANCE (3 CR) VT: FINANCIAL DATA ANALYTICS 33437 RSTR 08:00A-09:15A MW HH 1046 Haziza M 60 18 0 VT: FINANCIAL DATA ANALYTICS CLSD 10474 RSTR 04:00P-05:15P TR HH 3006 Stoffman N 60 0 0 This course covers new data analytical tools including data mining, web scraping, predictive analytics etc. It will teach you to the analyze real-world financial data in a variety of settings. You will learn to apply textual analysis to large documents, identify sentiment in Google search data, conduct financial analysis of SEC filings, and back-test trading strategies, to name just a few applications. You will develop the skills necessary to both collect and prepare data for analysis. Prerequisite - BUS-F 303 and BUS-F 305 with minimum C- grades