Who this book is for
If you are a graduate student majoring in finance, especially studying computational finance, financial modeling, financial engineering, or business analytics, this book will benefit you greatly. Here are two examples: Prof. Premal P. Vora at Penn State University has used this book for his course titled Data Science in Finance, and Prof. Sheng Xiao at Westminister College has done so for his course titled Financial Analytics. If you are a professional, you could learn Python and use it in many financial projects. If you are an individual investor, you could benefit from reading this book as well.
