15. Alternative Tools for Quantitative Investing

By now, you are probably quite comfortable with Equities Lab. However, this book only comes with 20 weeks of Equities Lab. After that, you will have to pay for a subscription, albeit at a discounted rate. However, it is possible that you will not want to pay for Equities Lab after the trial ends. Or perhaps you need to do some quantitative analysis that is not currently supported by Equities Lab.

In this case, you need an alternative tool to do your quantitative investing. The most flexible alternative investing tool is a database of stock returns and characteristics you want to analyze, along with the coding chops to conduct screens and backtests.

For those among you who are students, there are ...

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