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ECON 455

Artificial Intelligence Agents in Finance

1 unit

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Winter 2027: 1 section. It is open. The oldest of these readings was 4 hours ago.

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Lecture, three hours. Limited to Master of Quantitative Economics students. Study bridges quantitative trading and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by equipping students with skills to design and implement agentic AI systems for financial markets. While conventional approaches rely on humans to interpret news, analyze information, and adjust strategies, study demonstrates how large language model (LLM)-based agents can automate these cognitive tasks while maintaining the rigorous backtesting and execution standards of quantitative finance. Students build physical systems that demonstrate how artificial intelligence can augment—not replace—human decision-making in trading. Emphasis on hands-on implementation, culminating in each student creating their own agent-based trading system that processes real alternative data and executes strategies using reinforcement learning frameworks. Letter grading.

Sections in Winter 2027

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  • Lec 80

    Time TBA

    Open

    100 seats left.

    0 of 100 enrolled

    Tornell, A.

    no grade history
    low risk

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Lec 80 · Tornell, A. · 0 of 100 enrolled

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20 Oct 20:3220 Oct 20:32 · 4 hours ago
1 hour plotted. dibs read it.0 of 100 enrolled at the newest reading, 4 hours ago, with 100 left. Seats from 20 Oct 20:32 to 20 Oct 20:32, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.
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