Franklin SchramThe dance of Acronyms: XML, XBRL, SDMX and why investors should care about it.Did you know that an excel spreadsheet is actually a zipped file containing XML documents? Do you know that in Europe and in the US…Oct 31, 2023Oct 31, 2023
Franklin SchramCutting through the Buzz — Investments, “AI” and the race to “the next hot thing”.One of the few benefits of turning into “an old fart” is seeing things with a longer term perspective. I often tell my wife that I feel…Oct 17, 20231Oct 17, 20231
Franklin SchramConcealed APIs — Scrap fast, scrap easy, scrap well: Morningstar and Vanguard Examples.When I started the ‘The Penniless Investor’ series, I wanted to showcase (among other things) how it is possible to find free high quality…Jul 28, 20231Jul 28, 20231
Franklin SchramHissing the Python Way: Scraping ishares.com to get index constituents (=w00t!=)Hey psss pssssss! Yo! You was looking for free MSCI or S&P Equity Index constituents innit? Updated daily? I source me stash from the best…Jul 2, 2023Jul 2, 2023
Franklin SchramThe penniless Investor: Lesson3 -Basics of a trading bot, a Discord example. (Part 1)“Welcome to ‘The Penniless Investor’ — a series aimed at helping you make smarter investment choices when money is tight. Through…May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Franklin SchramroaR the right way: Setting up your R workspace on WSLJust quite recently I was mostly using CLI or Python for my data processing needs; only a fool never changes his/her mind and diving into R…Apr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023
Franklin SchramChronicles of the Shell Wizard: Making sense of API responses — Traded securities example.“Welcome to Chronicle of the Shell Wizard! As fellow students on the path to mastering the terminal, we’ll share tips and tricks to help…Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
Franklin SchramThe Penniless Investor : Lesson 2.“Welcome to ‘The Penniless Investor’ — a series aimed at helping you make smarter investment choices when money is tight. Through…Mar 24, 2023Mar 24, 2023
Franklin SchramHissing the Python way: Getting started.Scripting languages are fun, they provide a real interactive environment to play arround. Now if you read my article on setting up a…Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
Franklin SchramThe Penniless Investor : Lesson 1. Setting up your investment workbench in Windows“Welcome to ‘The Penniless Investor’ — a series aimed at helping you make smarter investment choices when money is tight. Through…Mar 20, 2023Mar 20, 2023