- [Michael] Hi, I'm Dr. Michael McDonald.
I'm a professor of finance and a data science researcher.
I've taught quantitative finance and financial forecasting
in the financial markets to executives and traders
at financial firms, hedge funds, securities regulators,
and many large companies.
In this course, I'm going to show you how to use data
to do basic algorithmic trading.
In particular, I'll help you to understand
how to evaluate trade strategies, test them,
and determine if they're feasible
as the cornerstone in an investment vehicle.
We're going to learn all about how big companies take data
and use it to make money in the financial markets.
I hope you'll join me.