Weekly stock data for Dow Jones Index

This dataset comprises data reported by the major stock exchanges.

This data can be used to give user an idea where to invest the next week. The data shows 1 weekly change. Each record shows the percentage of return that stock has in the following week (percent_change_next_weeks_price).

Main goal is to determine which stock will give the greatest rate of return in the following week by maximizing the percent_change_next_weeks_price field.

The stocks that made up the index in this data set are: 3M MMM American Express AXP Alcoa AA AT&T T Bank of America BAC Boeing BA Caterpillar CAT Chevron CVX Cisco Systems CSCO Coca-Cola KO DuPont DD ExxonMobil XOM General Electric GE Hewlett-Packard HPQ The Home Depot HD Intel INTC IBM IBM Johnson & Johnson JNJ JPMorgan Chase JPM Kraft KRFT McDonald's MCD Merck MRK Microsoft MSFT Pfizer PFE Procter & Gamble PG Travelers TRV United Technologies UTX Verizon VZ Wal-Mart WMT Walt Disney DIS

There are 750 data records.

Number of Attributes There are 16 attributes.

For each Attribute quarter: the yearly quarter (1 = Jan-Mar; 2 = Apr=Jun). stock: the stock symbol (see above) date: the last business day of the work (this is typically a Friday) open: the price of the stock at the beginning of the week high: the highest price of the stock during the week low: the lowest price of the stock during the week close: the price of the stock at the end of the week volume: the number of shares of stock that traded hands in the week percent_change_price: the percentage change in price throughout the week percent_change_volume_over_last_wek: the percentage change in the number of shares of stock that traded hands for this week compared to the previous week previous_weeks_volume: the number of shares of stock that traded hands in the previous week next_weeks_open: the opening price of the stock in the following week next_weeks_close: the closing price of the stock in the following week percent_change_next_weeks_price: the percentage change in price of the stock in the following week days_to_next_dividend: the number of days until the next dividend percent_return_next_dividend: the percentage of return on the next dividend