Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “Let’s install another module called mplfinance.’’

A block of code is set as follows:

stocks = Allocation("SPY", 0.6)
bonds = Allocation("TLT", 0.4)
myPortfolio = Portfolio("Growth", 4)
myPortfolio.allocations.append(stocks)
myPortfolio.allocations.append(bonds)
df = myPortfolio.getDailyPrices("20y")

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

for index, value in sectorLabels.iteritems():
  sectorLabels[index]=(value.capitalize().replace("_"," "))
plt.pie(sectorWeights, labels = sectorLabels)
plt.show()

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “In fact, Colab will then automatically create a Colab Notebooks folder under My Drive, which will store all your Colab files going forward.”

Tips or important notes

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