Practical MATLAB Deep Learning: A Projects-Based Approach

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M. Paluszek et al.Practical MATLAB Deep Learninghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7912-0_10

10. Stock Prediction

Michael Paluszek¹  , Stephanie Thomas²   and Eric Ham²  

(1)

Plainsboro, NJ, USA

(2)

Princeton, NJ, USA

 

10.1 Introduction

The goal of a stock prediction algorithm is to recommend a portfolio of stocks that will maximize an investor’s return. The investor has a finite amount of money and wants to create a portfolio to maximize her or his return on investment. The neural network in this chapter will predict the behavior of a portfolio of stocks given its history. This could then be used to select a portfolio of stocks with some idea of the future performance. ...