Southern Preferred Stock Forecast - Simple Exponential Smoothing

SOJC Preferred Stock  USD 23.14  0.02  0.09%   
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Southern Co on the next trading day is expected to be 23.14 with a mean absolute deviation of  0.14  and the sum of the absolute errors of 8.26. Southern Preferred Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Investors can use this forecasting interface to forecast Southern stock prices and determine the direction of Southern Co's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Southern's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
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Most investors in Southern cannot accurately predict what will happen the next trading day because, historically, preferred stock markets tend to be unpredictable and even illogical. Modeling turbulent structures requires applying different statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms to find hidden data structures or patterns within the Southern's time series price data and predict how it will affect future prices. One of these methodologies is forecasting, which interprets Southern's price structures and extracts relationships that further increase the generated results' accuracy.
Southern simple exponential smoothing forecast is a very popular model used to produce a smoothed price series. Whereas in simple Moving Average models the past observations for Southern Co are weighted equally, Exponential Smoothing assigns exponentially decreasing weights as Southern prices get older.

Southern Simple Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 20th of May

Given 90 days horizon, the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Southern Co on the next trading day is expected to be 23.14 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.14, mean absolute percentage error of 0.04, and the sum of the absolute errors of 8.26.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Southern Preferred 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 Southern's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Southern Preferred Stock Forecast Pattern

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Southern Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Southern's Preferred 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. Southern's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 22.29 and 23.99, respectively. We have considered Southern'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
23.14
23.14
Expected Value
23.99
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Southern preferred stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Southern preferred 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 Criteria113.0713
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors 0.023
MADMean absolute deviation0.1377
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0058
SAESum of the absolute errors8.26
This simple exponential smoothing model begins by setting Southern Co forecast for the second period equal to the observation of the first period. In other words, recent Southern observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for Southern

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Southern. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the preferred stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the preferred 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.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Southern's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
22.2923.1423.99
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
22.5923.4424.29
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Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
22.6323.0823.52
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Southern. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Southern's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Southern's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Southern.

Other Forecasting Options for Southern

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

Southern Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Southern preferred stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Southern could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Southern by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Southern Technical and Predictive Analytics

The preferred stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of Southern's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of Southern's current price.

Southern Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Southern preferred stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Southern shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Southern preferred stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Southern Co entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Southern Risk Indicators

The analysis of Southern'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 Southern's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting southern preferred 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.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

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Analyzing currently trending equities could be an opportunity to develop a better portfolio based on different market momentums that they can trigger. Utilizing the top trending stocks is also useful when creating a market-neutral strategy or pair trading technique involving a short or a long position in a currently trending equity.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Southern's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Southern is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Southern's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.