 Commodity price forecasting via neural networks for coffee, corn, cotton, oats, soybeans, soybean oil, sugar, and wheatXiaojie Xu and Yun Zhang Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 2022, vol. 29, issue 3, 169-181 Abstract: Agricultural commodity price forecasting represents a key concern for market participants. We explore the usefulness of neural network modeling for forecasting problems in datasets of daily prices over periods of greater than 50 years for coffee, corn, cotton, oats, soybeans, soybean oil, sugar, and wheat. By investigating different model settings across the algorithm, delay, hidden neuron, and data‐splitting ratio, we arrive at models leading to a decent performance for each commodity, with the overall relative root mean square error ranging from 1.70% to 3.19%. These results have small advantages over no‐change models due to particular price adjustments in the prices considered here. Our results can be used on a standalone basis or combined with fundamental forecasts in forming perspectives of commodity price trends and conducting policy analysis. Our empirical framework should not be diffucult to implement, which is a critical consideration for many decision‐makers and has the potential to be generalized for price forecasts of more commodities. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:isacfm:v:29:y:2022:i:3:p:169-181 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management from John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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