{"id":564,"date":"2009-08-28T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:02:20","slug":"cs561","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs561\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Financial Analytics<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 561 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>This course presents an overview of modern investment topics. We will start with a survey of the financial markets and the common quantitative technique to value a range of financial instruments. Once the basic blocks of valuation tools are established, the course will discuss the portfolio construction process and risk management with derivative and time series analysis. The course will use Python Jupyter Notebook to illustrate the concept and build visualization for effective communication. By completing the course, students will be able to conduct exploratory data analysis independently and leverage their programming skillset with real-world financial case studies.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS561A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>T<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>STH<\/td>\n\t<td>B19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS561N4, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/2025_SPG_CourseSyllabus-1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/03\/AD_CS_561-Syllabus_Spring_2026.pdf\">CS561 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/2025_SPG_CourseSyllabus-1.pdf\">CS561 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/05\/2024_SPG_CS-561.docx\">CS561 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS561-A1_Spring-2022_Fin-Informatics.docx\">CS561 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/12\/CS561-Spring-2021.pdf\">CS561 SPRG21<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/02\/CS561_Spring-2020.pdf\">CS561 SPRG20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2019\/12\/CS561-C1_Spring-2019_Financial-Informatics.pdf\">CS561 SPRG19<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS561_C1_Spring-2018.pdf\">CS561 SPRG18<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Online<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS561 SPRG26CS561 SPRG25CS561 SPRG24CS561 SPRG22CS561 SPRG21CS561 SPRG20CS561 SPRG19CS561 SPRG18 Online Blended &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31457,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions\/31457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}