How to automatically generate custom color palettes for data visualization from animated GIFs with Julia

Creating Color Palettes from Animated GIFs with Julia

Part 2 of a first-time training around time series forecasting aimed at Finance Analysts in my company, focused on model evaluation.

Time Series Forecasting 102 for Finance Analysts

Part 1 of a first-time training around time series forecasting aimed at Finance Analysts in my company, focused on identifying types of models used in modern forecasting.

Time Series Forecasting 101 for Finance Analysts

A few tips on making your Dash application look a little better

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What would common SQL expressions look like in Julia DataFrames and Julia DataFramesMeta?

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How to build custom financial calendars that have 52 or 53 workweeks in a fiscal year (aka the 4-4-5 calendar) using `pandas`

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Merging two dataframes with pandas but only if certain conditions are true.

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TLDR on how to make a corporate themed plotly template

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My steps for a fresh install of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Data Analysis

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ggplot2 for Python is definitely a thing. Oh, and Altair's ok too.

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Basic shell scripting for everyday productivity.

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Code snippet to create a PnL (Profit and Loss Statement) Dataframe in Pandas

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Getting started using the `forecast` package for time series data in R, as quickly as possible and no explanations.

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A collection of responses from Caitlin Hudon's twitter thread on 'how to ask a good data question.' (Updated 2020-03-15)

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My local data mart runs on MS SQL Server, and I want to pull data directly into R or Python for data analysis. This is **really** easy on Windows with its' built-in ODBC manager, but I spent a weekend figuring out how to do this after switching to OSX. A lot of documentation out there is old (from 2012), so I decided to make this for anyone still looking for an answer in 2019.

How to set up ODBC in Mac OS to connect to MS SQL Server for use with Python and R

Excel is still the lingua franca of Corporate Finance and is blazing fast for quick, ad-hoc analyses. I learned early on to use excel without a mouse, and with the Quick Access Toolbar and some macros, you can even make Excel feel like a video game!

Fast Excel with the Quick Access Toolbar

From [HBR: 3 Habits to Improve Critical Thinking](https://hbr.org/2019/05/3-simple-habits-to-improve-your-critical-thinking) by [Helen Lee Bouygues](hbr.org/search?term=helen%20lee%20bouygues). A good read for anyone looking to keep their critical thinking muscles sharp as told through stories from Bouygues' experience as a board member and consultant. They might seem obvious, but I'll admit that I don't always consider these.

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