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Return and volatility forecasts, Value at Risk (VaR), Volume

Return on Caterpillar Inc. (cat) stock follows ARMA(0,5)-GARCH(1,1) model (Student-t errors)
Given current Caterpillar Inc. stock close price of 103.44 the forecast for the next: 
    '1 week'    '2 weeks'    '3 weeks'    '4 weeks'
    '103.31'    '103.84'     '104.33'     '104.21' 

Probability of Caterpillar Inc. stock close price to increase in the next: 
    '1 week'    '2 weeks'    '3 weeks'    '4 weeks'
    '48.74%'    '53.72%'     '52.93%'     '49.34%' 

Value at Risk (VaR) for $1,000 worth of Caterpillar Inc. stock at 5 percent probability: 
Lose at most $41.93 in 1 day, $229.66 in 30 days and $397.79 in 90 days

Stock price, return, high and low

Price fundamentals for Caterpillar Inc. (cat) stock 
 
Caterpillar Inc. stock price change in percent over the last: 
    '30 days'     '6 months'    '1 year'      '3 years'  
    '-4.4787%'    '13.6953%'    '-5.8781%'    '232.9257%'

Average daily return (continuously compounded) for Caterpillar Inc. stock over the last: 
    '30 days'     '6 months'    '1 year'      '3 years'
    '-0.1699%'    '0.1396%'     '-0.0129%'    '0.1580%'

OVER THE LAST YEAR:
The minimum Caterpillar Inc. stock close price of 69.56 was observed on 03-Oct-2011 
The maximum Caterpillar Inc. stock close price of 115.71 was observed on 23-Feb-2012 
Current close price of Caterpillar Inc. (103.44) as a percent of range is equal to 73.41% 
 
The lowest one-day return (i.e. largest price drop for Caterpillar Inc. stock) 
 of -9.67% was observed on 08-Aug-2011 
The highest one-day return (i.e. largest price increase for Caterpillar Inc. stock) 
 of 7.79% was observed on 30-Nov-2011 

Technical Analysis: RSI and MACD

RSI readings of Caterpillar Inc. share greater than 70 are in overbought territory, 
while RSI below 30 is oversold region. RSI 30 to 70 is neutral.
Buy Caterpillar Inc. stocks when the MACD line crosses up through the signal line.
Sell Caterpillar Inc. shares when MACD line crosses down through the signal line.

Technical Analysis: Accumulation/Distribution oscillator and Momentum

The Accumulation/Distribution oscillator is a common tool based on the high,
low, opening, and closing prices of Caterpillar Inc. share for each tradind day.
Momentum calculates the difference between two prices separated by 12 days.

Technical Analysis: Chaikin oscillator and Chaikin volatility

This Chaikin oscillator is computed by subtracting exponential,
moving average of the A/D line of Caterpillar Inc. stock from the three-period
exponential moving average of the A/D line.
Chaikin volatility is computed from a 10-period exponential moving
average and 10-day difference of Caterpillar Inc. stock.

Technical Analysis: Williams %R and On-Balance volume

Caterpillar Inc. equity is considered oversold if Williams R is below -80.
Caterpillar Inc. share is overbought if Williams R is above -20. 
On-Balance Volume for Caterpillar Inc. stock adds or subtracts volume to
a total depending on whether Caterpillar Inc. price moves up or down.

Stock performance compared to Dow Jones Index

Does Caterpillar Inc. (cat) stock go together with Dow Jones Index? 
 
Correlation between return on Caterpillar Inc. stock and Dow Jones Index over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '57.10%'     '83.46%'      '87.43%'    '83.13%' 

Percent of time when return on Caterpillar Inc. stock was higher than on Dow Jones Index 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '50.00%'     '48.03%'      '47.43%'    '50.46%' 

Stock performance compared to GOLD ETF (gld)

Does Caterpillar Inc. (cat) stock go together with GOLD ETF? 
 
Correlation between return on Caterpillar Inc. stock and GOLD ETF over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '13.26%'     '46.11%'      '11.09%'    '17.98%' 

Percent of time when return on Caterpillar Inc. stock was higher than on GOLD ETF 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '59.09%'     '53.54%'      '49.80%'    '52.58%' 

Stock performance compared to Physical Silver (slv)

Does Caterpillar Inc. (cat) stock go together with Physical Silver? 
 
Correlation between return on Caterpillar Inc. stock and Physical Silver over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '33.16%'     '56.63%'      '29.20%'    '33.74%' 

Percent of time when return on Caterpillar Inc. stock was higher than on Physical Silver 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '63.64%'     '56.69%'      '54.15%'    '50.33%' 

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