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Python Finance: Stock Analysis & Data Fundamentals (Udemy.com)

Learn Python Finance(FinTech) Using Real-World Financial Data and Python Programming

Created by: Mark Nielsen

Last updated July 2025

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What you will learn

  • Perform Financial Analysis
  • Learn How To Code In Python
  • Calculate Risk And Return Of Investment Portfolios
  • Apply best Practices When Working With Financial Data
  • Learn How To Get Into Cryptocurrency And Bitcoin Investing
  • Python Financial Stock Analysis
  • Stock Fundamentals
  • Investment Fundamentals
  • Python Fundamentals
  • Learn Format And Display Stock Data In Microsoft Excel
  • Build Investment Portfolios

How it compares

Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 7% of them
  • Reviews171#284 of 377 by number of reviews
  • Length2.4 hoursshorter than 74% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2025more recently than 50% of them

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Course Description

Interested in learning how to analyze stocks and financial data using Python? Look no further than our "Python Finance: Stock Analysis & Data Fundamentals" course!

This course is designed for intermediate to advanced Python developers who want to dive deeper into financial analysis and data. We'll start by introducing you to the fundamentals of finance and data analysis, including concepts such as stocks, investments, and portfolio management. You'll also learn how to use Python libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib to analyze and visualize financial data.

Next, we'll dive into more advanced topics, such as using APIs to gather financial data, analyzing stock prices, and creating trading algorithms. You'll learn how to use machine learning techniques to predict stock prices, as well as how to backtest your trading algorithms using historical data.

Throughout the course, you'll work on several real-world projects that will allow you to apply your knowledge in a practical way. You'll analyze stock data for companies such as Apple, Tesla, and Amazon, and create your own trading strategies based on your analysis.

So whether you're a finance professional looking to expand your programming skills or a Python developer looking to break into finance, this course is for you. By the end of the course, you'll be able to confidently analyze and interpret financial data using Python, making you a valuable asset to any team in the finance industry.


This course covers:

  • What is a stock?

  • Stock Types

  • How To Buy Stocks?

  • Supply And Demands Drives Prices

  • What Is A Portfolio?

  • Building A Portfolio

  • Investment Goals

  • Risk vs Reward

  • Python Programming Fundamentals

  • Fetching Of Stock Data

  • Creation of Stock Charts

  • Stock Analysis

  • Stock Data Normalization.

The implementation will take place within the Jupyter Notebook which we will install using the Anaconda data science platform.

This course is for beginners and people with minor experience, this means that we will go through all the fundamentals to build a solid foundation that allow you to start Python programming using real company stock data. Company data included in this course is Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Xpeng.  The course is build from the ground up to ensure that every section builds on top of what the previous sections has taught.


Bonus: As a bonus this course also includes three lectures on how to get started with Crypto investing and Bitcoins.

Learn how to buy your first bitcoins. These lectures will teach you how to use Coinbase and Electrum. During the bonus lectures we will walk through the following three steps.

  • Create your own wallet

  • Buy bitcoins from a trusted broker

  • Transfer the coins to your wallet.

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Instructor Details

Mark Nielsen

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Reviews

4.1

171 ratings on Udemy

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By Sonam Chawla on 9/4/2022

Could explain the logic behind the code more.

By Luis Mancilla on 11/9/2021

Not relevant yet.

By Manikanth Adusumilli on 9/7/2021

Not yet. Videos till now were not that interesting.

By Lautaro Matias Perez Alcaraz on 5/26/2021

Muy buena y didactica. Recomendable

By Paula Gabriela Bonilla on 5/8/2021

Nice course. A bit advanced for beginners, but good explanations.

By Giovanni Maria Bardi on 5/5/2021

Ottima, sì, adatto.

By Juan on 4/28/2021

Excellent choice. I´m learning a lot thanks to this great guy!

By Gaurav kumar on 4/25/2021

It is a good course but the instructor should work a little bit on his presentation skills

By Aashish Rajaram Shilkande on 1/14/2024

By Marcus Anthony Sharp on 2/4/2023

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Overall Score : 82 / 100