CFA Level 1 – Python Programming Fundamentals

This repository contains my final project and exercises from the CFA Institute Python Programming Fundamentals course.
It showcases Python applications in financial data analysis and visualization.

The course introduces Python skills tailored for finance, including:

• Working with stock price data
• Computing returns and risk measures
• Visualizing financial time series
• Applying programming to investment concepts

Skills Demonstrated

• Data Handling: Reading and cleaning stock market data with pandas
• Financial Calculations: Daily returns, cumulative returns, portfolio analysis
• Risk & Performance Metrics: Correlation, volatility, and portfolio risk measures
• Data Visualization:
  • matplotlib for time series plots
  • seaborn for heatmaps and statistical visualizations
  • plotly for interactive charts
• Programming Concepts: Functions, loops, handling missing values
• Practical Finance Applications: Analyzing popular US stocks