Forecasting EA
Forecasting EA
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November 1, 2023 100
November 2, 2023 105
November 3, 2023 102
November 4, 2023 108
November 5, 2023 110
November 6, 2023 107
November 7. 2023 112
November 8, 2023 115
November 9, 2023 118
November 10, 2023 120
1. Create a scatter chart and identify the components of the time series.
Stock Price
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120
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Stock Price
110
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100
95
90
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Date
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90
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Date
2. Create a simple exponential smoothing model with a smoothing parameter of 0.25 and make a stock price forecast for No
Exponential Smoothing Model
t Y Ft et^2
#NAME? 100 #N/A Exponential Smo
#NAME? 105 100.00 25.00 150
#NAME? 102 101.25 0.56
100
#NAME? 108 101.44 43.07
Value
50
#NAME? 110 103.08 47.91
#NAME? 107 104.81 4.80 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
#NAME? 112 105.36 44.14
Data Point
#NAME? 115 107.02 63.72
#NAME? 118 109.01 80.77
#NAME? 120 111.26 76.39
#NAME? 113.44 42.93
Forecast MSE
Using the exponential smoothing, the stock price forecast for November 11,
2023 is $113.44 with a Mean Squared Error of 42.93.
Based on time series data components, there is an evident increasing trend of stock
prices throughout the observed 10 day-period of November. In addition, the graph
depicted cyclical components which are above and below the trend line between
each periods.
10 12
10 12
Exponential Smoothing
Actual
Forecast
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Data Point