Sun Life Preferred Stock Forecast - Double Exponential Smoothing

SLF-PE Preferred Stock  CAD 20.36  0.06  0.30%   
The Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Sun Life Financial on the next trading day is expected to be 20.36 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.1 and the sum of the absolute errors of 5.78. Sun Preferred Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Investors can use this forecasting interface to forecast Sun Life stock prices and determine the direction of Sun Life Financial's future trends based on various well-known forecasting models. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Sun Life's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
  
Double exponential smoothing - also known as Holt exponential smoothing is a refinement of the popular simple exponential smoothing model with an additional trending component. Double exponential smoothing model for Sun Life works best with periods where there are trends or seasonality.

Sun Life Double Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 25th of November

Given 90 days horizon, the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Sun Life Financial on the next trading day is expected to be 20.36 with a mean absolute deviation of 0.1, mean absolute percentage error of 0.02, and the sum of the absolute errors of 5.78.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Sun 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 Sun Life's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Sun Life Preferred Stock Forecast Pattern

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Sun Life Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Sun Life'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. Sun Life's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 19.71 and 21.01, respectively. We have considered Sun Life'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
20.36
20.36
Expected Value
21.01
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Double Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Sun Life preferred stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Sun Life 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 CriteriaHuge
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors 0.0074
MADMean absolute deviation0.0979
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0047
SAESum of the absolute errors5.7753
When Sun Life Financial prices exhibit either an increasing or decreasing trend over time, simple exponential smoothing forecasts tend to lag behind observations. Double exponential smoothing is designed to address this type of data series by taking into account any Sun Life Financial trend in the prices. So in double exponential smoothing past observations are given exponentially smaller weights as the observations get older. In other words, recent Sun Life observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for Sun Life

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Sun Life Financial. 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.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
19.7120.3621.01
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
19.8120.4621.11
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Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
20.2820.3420.40
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Other Forecasting Options for Sun Life

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

Sun Life 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 Sun Life preferred stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Sun Life could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Sun Life by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Sun Life Financial 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 Sun Life'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 Sun Life's current price.

Sun Life Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Sun Life 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 Sun Life shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Sun Life preferred stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Sun Life Financial entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Sun Life Risk Indicators

The analysis of Sun Life'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 Sun Life's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting sun 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.

Pair Trading with Sun Life

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Sun Life position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Sun Life will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Sun Preferred Stock

  0.61SLF-PJ Sun Life FinancialPairCorr
  0.72SLF-PH Sun Lif NonPairCorr

Moving against Sun Preferred Stock

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Sun Life could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Sun Life when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Sun Life - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Sun Life Financial to buy it.
The correlation of Sun Life is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Sun Life moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Sun Life Financial moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Sun Life can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Information on Investing in Sun Preferred Stock

Sun Life financial ratios help investors to determine whether Sun Preferred Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Sun with respect to the benefits of owning Sun Life security.