{"id":1175,"date":"2018-01-12T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolios.cs.earlham.edu\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2018-01-23T21:40:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T02:40:26","slug":"project-idea-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portfolios.cs.earlham.edu\/index.php\/2018\/01\/12\/project-idea-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Idea 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The project is about creating a software that can determine an optimal value for a company by looking at their balance sheets records in the past to predict future cash flows. Financial analysis methods such as DCF, DDM and FCE can be implemented in this approach (only one). This system would be automated using machine learning and data analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The main research for this project is coming up with a model that can predict the future cash flows of a company by looking at past trends. 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