News & Blog - Training The Street

03 Oct

Python for Finance in Excel — Moving Averages Chart

October 16, 2023
By Training The Street

Interactive Moving Averages Chart with Python in Excel Creating Interactive Moving Average Charts with Python in Excel In this week’s article I am showcasing the power of looping to create an interactive chart that quickly plots different moving averages (both simple and exponential). I’ll be combining some powerful formulas in Python with...

03 Oct

TTS Blogs, Python

How to Use Python in a Finance Environment

October 6, 2023
By Training The Street

Below is a completed Python program that illustrates the power and ease of “scraping” data from websites. The program uses the Yahoo Finance API to create a quick comparable analysis (“comps”) table using live data feed from Yahoo’s website. At the very end of the program, Python exports the data...

19 Sep

TTS Blogs, Python

Python Packages 101 — Part 2

September 19, 2023
By Training The Street

In our previous article, Python Packages 101 - Part 1, we introduced the first 10 Python packages of our top 25 list. Those packages focused on data manipulation, web scraping and visualization. In this article we will provide an overview of the remaining 15 packages in the following more advanced categories: Dashboarding:...

18 Sep

Python

Python Packages 101 — Part 1

September 18, 2023
By Training The Street

You have decided to learn Python and you have even picked up the basics such as While and For loops, If statements and using lists and dictionaries. Now you want to get serious and have no idea what to learn next. All of your Python expert friends keep throwing around...

22 Aug

Python

Python For Finance: Empowering Investment Professionals

September 15, 2023
By Training The Street

Python is a powerful programming language that is increasingly being used in the finance industry. It is known for its simplicity, flexibility, and ability to handle large data sets. In this blog post, we will discuss the following topics: What is Python? How Python is used in finance Popular Python packages...

05 Jun

TTS Blogs

From Lego to Empire: How Buy and Build in Private Equity Turns Blocks Into Billions

September 18, 2023
By Training The Street

In this article, we will discuss the Buy and Build in Private Equity strategy and how it faired in the last decade. By Rasna Saini In private equity (PE), the “buy and build” strategy refers to an approach where a PE firm acquires a platform company and subsequently expands its operations through a...

23 May

TTS Blogs

Global Private Equity Industry: Ending a 12-year Run of Stunning Performance!

November 28, 2023
By Training The Street

By Rasna Saini The Global Private Equity industry ended 2022 with a record $3.7 trillion in dry powder! However, the impact of the unprecedented mix of macro forces in play puts a question mark on how and when the GPs will put it to work. Investments, exits, and fund-raising all declined in 2022 as...

05 Apr

News, TTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Training The Street Further Extends Global Reach with Acquisition of The Marquee Group, Canada’s Leading Provider of Financial Modeling Training and Consulting

August 1, 2023
By Training The Street

The deal represents the second add-on for TTS since its purchase by PE firm Falfurrias Capital Partners in 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Training The Street (TTS), the world's leading provider of educational resources for financial professionals, today announced its second add-on acquisition in as many years with the purchase of The Marquee Group, Canada's leading...

14 Mar

TTS Blogs

What Happened To Silicon Valley Bank?

October 2, 2023
By Training The Street

Failure of Regulations or Regulator? By Matthew Parker Many words have already been written about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”): the causes, the implications, whether there should be a Government bailout, should Glass Steagall be reintroduced - even should the FDIC deposit insurance be increased from $250k to $20m! To add...

06 Dec

News, TTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Wire – Scholars of Finance and Training The Street Partner to Prepare Thousands of College Students for Purpose-Driven Finance Careers

June 23, 2023
By Training The Street

Business Wire - Scholars of Finance and Training The Street Partner to Prepare Thousands of College Students for Purpose-Driven Finance Careers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scholars of Finance (SOF), a rapidly-growing non-profit organization on a mission to inspire character and integrity in the finance leaders of tomorrow, has partnered with Training The Street (TTS), to help...