This course aims at providing an introductory and broad overview of the field of ML with the focus on applications on Finance. Supervised Machine Learning methods are used in the capstone project to predict bank closures. Simultaneously, while this course can be taken as a separate course, it serves as a preview of topics that are covered in more details in subsequent modules of the specialization Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance.
Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance
Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance
This course is part of Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance Specialization
Instructor: Igor Halperin
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HK
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Reviewed on Jan 17, 2020
Great general overview of machine learning. I think the course can be re-organized to incorporate some of the theory and some coding tips as well, however.
DW
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Reviewed on Sep 8, 2019
Leans heavily on explaining differences between tech and finance applications of ML, but still great!
KN
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Reviewed on Jul 25, 2022
Great course. but requires lot of patience. Uses lot of unnecessary symbols and equations to explain concepts. Overall it is a good overview of the big picture of ML in finance.
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