new_contents: import numpy
  
  def convert_transaction_list_to_matrix(transaction_list):
      date_vec = []
      merchant_vec = []
      amount_vec = []
      desc_vec = []
      category_vec = []
      for t in transaction_list:
          print(t)
          date_vec.append(t.date)
          merchant_vec.append(t.merchant)
          amount_vec.append(t.amount)
          desc_vec.append(t.description)
          category_vec.append(t.category)
      
      transaction_matrix = numpy.matrix([date_vec, merchant_vec, amount_vec, desc_vec, category_vec])
      transaction_matrix = transaction_matrix.T
      return(transaction_matrix)
  
subject: add function to convert transaction list to numpy matrix