BUS 3059 Week 5 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.

Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.