[Step-by-Step] The Excel file Closing Stock Prices provides data for four stocks over a six-month period.  a. Develop spreadsheet models for forecasting each


Question: The Excel file Closing Stock Prices provides data for four stocks over a six-month period.

a. Develop spreadsheet models for forecasting each of the stock prices using single moving average and single exponential smoothing.

b. Using MAD, MSE, and MAPE as guidance, find the best number of moving average periods and best smoothing constant for exponential smoothing. (You might consider using data tables to facilitate your search.)

c. Compare your results to the best moving average and exponential smoothing models found by CB Predictor.

Closing Stock Prices
Date GOOG YHOO CSCO AAPL
1/2/2008 $ 657.00 $ 23.16 $ 26.12 $ 180.05
1/7/2008 $ 638.25 $ 23.36 $ 25.87 $ 172.69
1/14/2008 $ 600.25 $ 20.78 $ 24.30 $ 161.36
1/22/2008 $ 566.40 $ 21.94 $ 24.20 $ 130.01
1/28/2008 $ 515.90 $ 28.38 $ 24.94 $ 133.75
2/4/2008 $ 516.69 $ 29.20 $ 23.54 $ 125.48
2/11/2008 $ 529.64 $ 29.66 $ 23.30 $ 124.63
2/19/2008 $ 507.80 $ 28.42 $ 23.60 $ 119.46
2/25/2008 $ 471.18 $ 27.78 $ 24.39 $ 125.02
3/3/2008 $ 433.35 $ 29.03 $ 24.11 $ 122.25
3/10/2008 $ 437.92 $ 26.71 $ 24.32 $ 126.61
3/17/2008 $ 433.55 $ 27.66 $ 24.77 $ 133.27
3/24/2008 $ 438.08 $ 28.99 $ 24.08 $ 143.01
3/31/2008 $ 471.09 $ 28.36 $ 24.39 $ 153.08
4/7/2008 $ 457.45 $ 28.34 $ 23.38 $ 147.14
4/14/2008 $ 539.41 $ 28.43 $ 24.51 $ 161.04
4/21/2008 $ 544.06 $ 26.80 $ 25.60 $ 169.73
4/28/2008 $ 581.29 $ 28.67 $ 26.75 $ 180.94
5/5/2008 $ 573.20 $ 25.93 $ 25.49 $ 183.45
5/12/2008 $ 580.07 $ 27.66 $ 26.51 $ 187.62
5/19/2008 $ 544.62 $ 27.72 $ 25.10 $ 181.17
5/27/2008 $ 585.80 $ 26.76 $ 26.72 $ 188.75
6/2/2008 $ 567.00 $ 26.44 $ 26.54 $ 185.64
6/9/2008 $ 571.51 $ 23.47 $ 26.37 $ 172.37
6/16/2008 $ 546.43 $ 21.99 $ 24.64 $ 175.27
6/23/2008 $ 528.07 $ 21.33 $ 23.61 $ 170.09
6/30/2008 $ 526.42 $ 20.66 $ 23.26 $ 167.44

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