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Case Study: Mortgage Trading Analysis in Power BI

In this Power BI case study you’ll play the role of a junior trader, analyzing mortgage trading and enhancing your data modeling and financial analysis skills.

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Explore the Financial System with Power BI

In this Power BI case study, you will play the part of a newly hired junior trader on a trading desk for a mortgage originator. Enjoy this fast-paced and challenging case study as you learn the ins and outs of the financial system.

Play the Role of a Junior Trader

The flow of money through our economy happens on your desk as it trickles down from big investment banks to your lending firm to individual borrowers – and you’re the one making it happen.

Use Your Power BI Skills to Gain Insights

You will identify a population of mortgages to trade, evaluate each mortgage and each bid received from prospective buyers, and finally execute a trade. By the end of this case study, you will have sharpened your data modeling, DAX, and financial analysis skills, and you will have experienced a unique perspective on the banking industry.
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  1. 1

    Mortgage data

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    In this chapter, you will focus on getting our data ready for trading. You’ll clean up mortgage data, create loan statuses, and amortize loan balances.

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    Introduction to the Financial System
    50 xp
    Roles in the financial system
    100 xp
    Cleaning up the data
    100 xp
    What is a mortgage?
    50 xp
    Risky ratios
    100 xp
    Post-close process
    100 xp
    Ready yet?
    100 xp
    Paying principal
    100 xp
    Scheduled balances
    100 xp
  2. 2

    Trade on

    Bids are in on the loans, so now it's time for you to analyze the bids and determine the winners.

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  3. 3

    Trade Profit Analysis

    Now that you've struck our trades, it's time to analyze the outcomes and Sooper Mortgage's business strategy.

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Nick Edwards HeadshotNick Edwards

Analyst for Mynd

Nick Edwards is an Analyst for Mynd, a fast-growing PropTech startup, where he uses data and BI tools to unlock the full strength of financial analysis. He graduated with honors in Economics and Business Analytics at the University of Colorado Boulder. He realized honing data science skills would greatly benefit his career and believes it will for you, too!
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