In this project, we will use Python to perform stocks analysis such as calculating stock beta and expected returns using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). CAPM is one of the most important models in Finance and it describes the relationship between the expected return and risk of securities. We will analyze the performance of several companies such as Facebook, Netflix, Twitter and AT&T over the past 7 years. This project is crucial for investors who want to properly manage their portfolios, calculate expected returns, risks, visualize datasets, find useful patterns, and gain valuable insights. This project could be practically used for analyzing company stocks, indices or currencies and performance of portfolio.



Python for Finance: Beta and Capital Asset Pricing Model

Instructor: Ryan Ahmed
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What you'll learn
- Understand the theory and intuition behind the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 
- Calculate Beta and expected returns of securities in python 
- Perform interactive data visualization using Plotly Express 
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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
- Understand the intuition behind Beta and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 
- Import datasets, libraries and perform exploratory data analysis 
- Perform Data Scaling/Normalization 
- Perform interactive data visualization 
- Develop a function to calculate daily returns 
- Calculate beta for individual security 
- Apply CAPM to individual Security 
- Calculate Beta for the entire stocks in the portfolio 
Recommended experience
Basic python programming and mathematics.
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Reviewed on May 18, 2025
Very thoroughly explains CAPM and how to use python to model it. The level of detail and pacing of the course are perfect.
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