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Computational Investing Courses

Computational investing courses can help you learn quantitative analysis, algorithmic trading strategies, financial modeling, and risk management techniques. You can build skills in data analysis, portfolio optimization, and backtesting investment strategies. Many courses introduce tools like Python, R, and various financial libraries, showing how these skills apply to real-time market data and investment decision-making.


Popular Computational Investing Courses and Certifications


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    Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

    Open Data and Intelligent Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Inclusion, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Data Governance, FinTech, Financial Data, AI Personalization, Mobile Banking, Data Sharing, Financial Regulation, Payment Systems, Financial Services, Open Source Technology, Financial Systems, Finance, Business Ethics, Human Centered Design, Interoperability, Product Design, Application Programming Interface (API)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Fraud detection, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Exploratory Data Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Data Processing, Data Visualization, Data Synthesis, Python Programming

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    Rice University

    Capstone: Build a Winning Investment Portfolio

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Investments, Wealth Management, Financial Market, Simulation and Simulation Software, Performance Analysis, Market Trend, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Case Studies, Decision Making, Peer Review, Forecasting

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    AI Business School

    Practical AI and prompting for finance professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Financial Forecasting, AI Personalization, Sales, AI Product Strategy, ChatGPT, Large Language Modeling, LLM Application, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Financial Acumen, Risk Analysis, Business Risk Management, Ideation, Content Creation, Business Transformation, Innovation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Performance Measurement, Performance Analysis, Return On Investment, Investments, Financial Market, Financial Analysis, Risk Analysis, Benchmarking

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Fraud Detection on Financial Transactions with Machine Learning on Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Feature Engineering, Big Data, Anomaly Detection, Google Cloud Platform, Unsupervised Learning, Data Manipulation, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Supervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics

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    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Duke University

    Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives

    Skills you'll gain: Loans, FinTech, Payment Systems, Key Management, Cryptography, Digital Assets, Market Liquidity, Financial Trading, Transaction Processing

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Deep Dive

    Skills you'll gain: Lending and Underwriting, Blockchain, Commercial Lending, Derivatives, FinTech, Market Liquidity, Financial Trading, Securities (Finance), Digital Assets, Market Data, Transaction Processing, Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding

    Skills you'll gain: FinTech, Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Banking Services, Financial Inclusion, Fundraising, Capital Markets, Blockchain, Credit Risk, Financial Services, Loans, Lending and Underwriting, Securities (Finance)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Columbia University

    Financial Engineering and Risk Management

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Investment Management, Financial Systems, Asset Management, Credit Risk, Mortgage Loans, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Financial Trading, Financial Modeling, Risk Modeling, Financial Services, Securities Trading, Regression Analysis, Market Liquidity, Capital Markets, Actuarial Science

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidad de Palermo

    Inteligencia Artificial y Ciencia de Datos para Negocios

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Multimodal Prompts, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Predictive Modeling, Organizational Leadership, Business Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Business Leadership, Business Ethics, LLM Application, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Emerging Technologies, Innovation

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    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Creating Generative Art Dynamic NFTs with Google Cloud Vertex AI and Chainlink Functions

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Cloud Applications, Prompt Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Cloud API, Blockchain, Cloud Storage, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Deployment

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computational investing courses

  • Open Data and Intelligent Finance: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
  • Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection: Coursera
  • Capstone: Build a Winning Investment Portfolio: Rice University
  • Practical AI and prompting for finance professionals: AI Business School
  • Investment Strategies and Portfolio Analysis: Rice University
  • Fraud Detection on Financial Transactions with Machine Learning on Google Cloud: Google Cloud
  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives: Duke University
  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Deep Dive: Duke University
  • Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding: University of Michigan
  • Financial Engineering and Risk Management: Columbia University

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