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# Second Quarter

- [CFRM 502: Financial Data Science](https://cfrm.franco.biz/program/second-quarter/cfrm-502-financial-data-science.md): Another course in the series of more pure topics we cover. Effectively a pure statistics course utilizing financial data for what we were working on.
- [CFRM 505: Monte Carlo Methods in FInance](https://cfrm.franco.biz/program/second-quarter/cfrm-505-monte-carlo-methods-in-finance.md): This course was unique as the homework was all code but the exams were all derivations, blending comprehension with application. Boils down to simulating means and minimizing variances.
- [CFRM 540: Risk in Financial Institutions](https://cfrm.franco.biz/program/second-quarter/cfrm-540-risk-in-financial-institutions.md): Theory can only take us so far. Case studies helped illuminate instances where confidence is ill-placed. Also, this course inducted me into preparing for the FRM certification.