UROP Project

Machine Learning Mutual Fund Investors

Machine Learning, Mutual Funds, Fund Flows, ETF
Research Mentor: John Kim,
Department, College, Affiliation: Finance, Business
Contact Email: jkim@business.fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 6
Relevant Majors: Open to all majors.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required:
Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Not participating in the Roundtable

Project Description

Collecting data on mutual funds or ETFS, or applying machine learning to such data.

Research Tasks: literature review, data collection, data analysis

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: If the student expects to stay at FSU for the coming 3-4 years, I will train him or her, so I don't expect as much. If the student expects to graduate in the next year or so, I expect familiarity with Stata or R or Python or Matlab.

Mentoring Philosophy

As an economist, my mentoring style is laissez-faire, although I will try to pressure the student so he or she can stay motivated. Honestly, I think it's best to talk in-person, and the student can make decisions as to whether he or she is interested.

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