Posted on Wed 10 October 2018 in Data Science • Tagged with data science, python, NY Times
This is the second post in my ongoing series analyzing the restaurant reviews in the New York Times. In the previous post, we described how to use an API provided by the New York Times to download copies of that paper's recent restaurant reviews. In this post, we'll discuss how …
Posted on Wed 03 October 2018 in Data Science • Tagged with data science, python, NY Times
As a person who lives in New York City and is interested in food, I generally enjoy reading the restaurant reviews published by the New York Times. There is a new review of a restaurant in NYC roughly every week that includes a written review of the restaurant and, most …
Posted on Thu 29 March 2018 in Finance • Tagged with finance, binomial-model, python
This post will be the last post, at least for the time being, in the series discussing the binomial model for pricing options. In the previous post we implemented this model in Python in order to find prices for basic European call options. In this post, we'll expand the implementation …
Posted on Thu 15 March 2018 in Finance • Tagged with finance, binomial-model, python
In the previous posts in this series, we've described a model for stock price movements that can be used to find prices of simple European call and put options. The model works by dividing the life of the option into some number of discrete intervals, and assuming that the stock …