February 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
219h 58m
English
Once a forecast has been completed, it should not be forgotten. No manager wants to be reminded that his or her forecast is horribly inaccurate, but a firm needs to determine why actual demand (or whatever variable is being examined) differed significantly from that projected. If the forecaster is accurate, that individual usually makes sure that everyone is aware of his or her talents. Very seldom does one read articles in Fortune, Forbes, or The Wall Street Journal, however, about money managers who are consistently off by 25% in their stock market forecasts.
One way to monitor forecasts to ensure that they are performing well is to use a tracking signal. A tracking signal is a measurement of how well a ...