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title: Portfolio Management with Python
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4832315/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4832315
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4832315
featured: 2024-05-22
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Portfolio Management with Python

The lecture notes discuss portfolio management, highlighting the use of Python for practical applications and the importance of understanding different types of returns for accurate performance assessment.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4832315
- Identifier: SSRN 4832315
- Released: 2023-12-20
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 50 (2024-05-22): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-05-22/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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