- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
How to forecast stock market prices is not an easy task. This course will get you started by providing you with 3 key methods used. No prior statistics, economics or Excel knowledge is necessary to complete this course. Additional course topics include: learning about average returns, volatility of stocks, using Excel's charting tools and using the Data Analysis Toolpak. The methods we will learn are moving averages, linear regression and the random walk method. In addition we will use what are called lagged variables
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
- Not offered this term
- This course is not offered this term. Notify me to receive email notifications when the course opens for registration next term.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and perform the moving average method
- Understand and perform the random walk method
- Understand and calculate correlation coefficients and perform the linear regression method
- Understand, use and calculate lagged variables.
Effective as of Winter 2021
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.