Peer Lending Risk Predictor
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چکیده
Warren Buffett famously stated two rules for investing: Rule #1. Never lose money, and Rule #2. Never forget Rule #1. Recent Peer Lending opportunities provide the individual investor to earn an interest rate significantly higher than that of a savings account. However, a default on the loan by the borrower means the investor will lose her entire principal. In this paper, we will use Machine Learning algorithms to classify and optimize peer lending risk.
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