General Electric Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

GCP Stock   166.00  0.50  0.30%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of General Electric on the next trading day is expected to be 179.66 with a mean absolute deviation of 2.94 and the sum of the absolute errors of 179.07. Investors can use prediction functions to forecast General Electric's stock prices and determine the direction of General Electric's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. However, exclusively looking at the historical price movement is usually misleading. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of General Electric's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns. Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.
  
A naive forecasting model for General Electric is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of General Electric value for a given trading day is simply the observed value for the previous period. Due to the simplistic nature of the naive forecasting model, it can only be used to forecast up to one period.

General Electric Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 9th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of General Electric on the next trading day is expected to be 179.66 with a mean absolute deviation of 2.94, mean absolute percentage error of 12.79, and the sum of the absolute errors of 179.07.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict General Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that General Electric's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

General Electric Stock Forecast Pattern

General Electric Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting General Electric's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. General Electric's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 177.80 and 181.53, respectively. We have considered General Electric's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
166.00
177.80
Downside
179.66
Expected Value
181.53
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Naive Prediction forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of General Electric stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent General Electric stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria120.6591
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation2.9356
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0177
SAESum of the absolute errors179.0719
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of General Electric. This model is simplistic and is included partly for completeness and partly because of its simplicity. It is unlikely that you'll want to use this model directly to predict General Electric. Instead, consider using either the moving average model or the more general weighted moving average model with a higher (i.e., greater than 1) number of periods, and possibly a different set of weights.

Predictive Modules for General Electric

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as General Electric. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.

Other Forecasting Options for General Electric

For every potential investor in General, whether a beginner or expert, General Electric's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. General Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in General. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying General Electric's price trends.

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General Electric Technical and Predictive Analytics

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General Electric Risk Indicators

The analysis of General Electric's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in General Electric's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting general stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
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