Assignment 2: Moving Average
Obtain daily price data over the past five years for three different stocks. Data can be obtained from the Internet by using the following keywords: stock price data, return data, company data, and stock returns.
• Create trend-moving averages with the following values for m: 10, 100, and 200. Graph the data with Microsoft Excel.
• Create centered-moving averages with the following values for m: 10, 100, and 200. Graph the data with Microsoft Excel.
• How do the moving averages for the same values of m compare between a trend-moving average and a centered-moving average?
• Explain how these moving averages can assist a stock analyst in determining the stocks’ price direction.
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