Compare the performance of several asset classes

You have seen in the video how you can easily compare several time series by normalizing their starting points to 100, and plot the result.

To broaden your perspective on financial markets, let's compare four key assets: stocks, bonds, gold, and oil.

Deze oefening maakt deel uit van de cursus

Manipulating Time Series Data in Python

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Oefeninstructies

We have already imported pandas as pd and matplotlib.pyplot as plt.

Import 'asset_classes.csv', using .read_csv() to parse dates in the 'DATE' column and set this column as the index, then assign the result to prices.
Select the first price for each series using .iloc[0] on prices and assign the result to first_prices.
Divide prices by first_prices, multiply by 100 and assign the result to normalized.
Plot normalized.

Praktische interactieve oefening

Probeer deze oefening eens door deze voorbeeldcode in te vullen.

# Import data here
prices = ____

# Inspect prices here
print(____)

# Select first prices
first_prices = ____

# Create normalized
normalized = ____

# Plot normalized

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