Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Data Science for Value Investing

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Data Science for Value Investing

Yao Zhao

Instructor: Yao Zhao

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Three stock investing opportunities — outstanding businesses, rebounds, and high growth stocks — and how to screen for each.

  • How to separate market noise from a stock's true value, and estimate the value by empirically tested price regression models and financial analysis.

  • How to decide when to buy, sell or hold using margin of safety and statistical analysis.

  • How to select markets and industries to invest in.

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October 2026

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3 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Welcome to Data Science for Value Investing. In this week, you will learn the value investing principles of Warren Buffett, how stock market behaves from a data science perspective, and the criteria for selecting markets and industries to invest in.

What's included

6 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

In this second week, you will get an overview of individual stock analysis, including the three great opportunities, stock analysis framework, and the price regression model. You will also learn to invest in outstanding businesses via live examples of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Tesla.

What's included

8 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

In this third week, you will learn to screen, analyze and time rebound, high growth and dividend stocks through the examples of Amazon, Intel, Palantir and more.

What's included

6 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

In this final week, you will put your new skills into action by a mini-project to generate investment insights for the markets, industries and stocks of your interest.

What's included

1 video1 peer review1 discussion prompt

Instructor

Yao Zhao
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
7 Courses120,501 learners

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