Time-Series Analysis and Prediction by Means of Neural Networks

This thesis deals with stock price prediction based on the creation of prediction models for selected stocks (BRK-A, GOOG, and MSFT), which can help investors in the creation of their financial decisions or by replacing other stock prediction models in existing prediction systems. Models created in this thesis are presented in two types - univariate model and multivariate model, which are in their final version presented in two architectures, one-layer architecture and two-layer architecture. Discussed models are created by means of neural networks, specifically recurrent neural networks with its extension - Long short-term memory. The output of the presented models is a forecast of the next-day stock price, which can be used for evaluating the right time to buy or sell a given stock. The quality of individual prediction models is evaluated via the mean squared error of the validation or testing dataset or alternatively based on stock price trend prediction