of analyzing any trend and coming up with a forecast that should happen based on historical data.
Advantages
SAS has an advantage for financial analysts dealing with advanced analysis requirements or large datasets since its statistical capabilities can be used to enable powerful predictions in trends and correlations that fail to surface in simple analysis.
5. R and Python
Overview
R and Python are very popular programming languages in terms of data analysis and financial modeling. Both tools are gaining much popularity among the financial analysts because of the flexibility and power they give.