Question: Exam4-500E-SI'97 Consider the attached data file Exxon-CTE5-Problem1. These data represent monthly prices of shares in Exxon from January 1995 through December 2005. The column Date

Exam4-500E-SI'97

Consider the attached data file "Exxon-CTE5-Problem1". These data represent monthly prices of shares in Exxon from January 1995 through December 2005. The column Date contains the dates with the year, the month and the last day of the month, where 19950131 means the 31st day of January in 1995.

Prepare an appropriate time-series model to forecast Exxon share prices. Describe the reasoning behind your selected model. Please make sure that you attach all relevant Excel/PHStat outputs and that you explain them thoroughly.

Date Exxon Price
19950131 62.5
19950228 64.6250001
19950331 67.4072897
19950428 70.3160471
19950531 72.971869
19950630 72.2050893
19950731 74.1220386
19950831 71.0549197
19950929 74.6722611
19951031 78.9355564
19951130 80.744227
19951229 84.6575175
19960131 83.7444164
19960229 83.7444164
19960329 85.8511941
19960430 89.5380551
19960531 90.1068852
19960628 92.3662023
19960731 87.4488651
19960830 87.4913935
19960930 89.370043
19961031 95.1401808
19961129 102.160962
19961231 106.085026
19970131 112.17409
19970228 109.375827
19970331 117.558557
19970430 123.559226
19970530 130.181782
19970630 134.576104
19970731 141.167586
19970829 135.339617
19970930 141.698782
19971031 135.892588
19971128 135.831762
19971231 136.249277
19980130 132.074121
19980227 142.868293
19980331 151.552444
19980430 163.738268
19980529 158.914362
19980630 160.886704
19980731 158.350836
19980831 148.427142
19980930 160.193572
19981030 162.4618
19981130 171.047041
19981231 166.770865
19990129 160.214062
19990226 152.739306
19990331 161.918006
19990430 190.601445
19990528 184.227985
19990630 177.885238
19990730 183.074758
19990831 182.867177
19990930 176.201654
19991029 171.709671
19991130 184.901611
19991231 187.815742
20000131 194.518243
20000229 176.602166
20000331 182.757594
20000428 182.171363
20000531 196.393334
20000630 185.048782
20000731 188.584746
20000831 193.45259
20000929 211.227713
20001031 211.375839
20001130 209.604252
20001229 207.073519
20010131 200.43407
20010228 194.098308
20010330 193.978561
20010430 212.179015
20010531 213.591949
20010629 210.270741
20010731 201.051081
20010831 194.407166
20010928 190.77565
20011031 191.017748
20011130 182.205272
20011231 191.461678
20020131 190.243729
20020228 202.325789
20020328 214.720094
20020430 196.789993
20020531 196.741015
20020628 201.61888
20020731 181.121946
20020830 175.800639
20020930 158.195774
20021031 166.923818
20021129 173.717803
20021231 174.416665
20030131 170.473085
20030228 170.972269
20030331 175.646116
20030430 176.902526
20030530 184.189707
20030630 181.710222
20030731 180.04038
20030829 192.032945
20030930 186.42985
20031031 186.327993
20031128 185.665805
20031231 210.28447
20040130 209.207408
20040227 217.567484
20040331 214.575103
20040430 219.528022
20040528 224.532542
20040630 230.554686
20040730 240.366625
20040831 240.730026
20040930 252.374903
20041029 257.022399
20041130 269.032785
20041231 269.085271
20050131 270.870074
20050228 333.758145
20050331 314.199723
20050429 300.65118
20050531 297.804414
20050630 304.53416
20050729 311.316887
20050831 318.947471
20050930 338.32925
20051031 298.926716
20051130 310.534484
20051230

300.581109

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