If you forecasted that you will need 600 units in October and 800 November, then place those points on the graph.
"If you can forecast capacity and oil prices, then you can forecast earnings.
If you start forecasting cash flows, you lose innovation, you lose instinct.
"There really isn't a shortage of panels if you're forecasting accurately," reasons Leo Suarez, director of product management for IBM mobile computing.
If you were forecasting your holdings would grow by 4percentt a year after factoring in the effects of inflation, see how your plans work if that number becomes 3percentt a year.
"If you have to forecast who is going to capture the rents in India, China and Russia, it will be the Indian, Chinese and Russian firms.
Forecasting Changes If you're trying to forecast interest rate changes on adjustable rate mortgages, look at the shape of the yield curve.
The Chinese market is now on roughly the same historic p/e ratio (17) as America, and if you believe forecasts of 28% earnings growth this year and 30% next, might even be cheaper.But then again, emerging markets probably should trade at a discount, as they have for much of the past 20 years.
If extreme temperatures are forecast you may want to put off setting your kit up, unless you have air-conditioning in your home.
"If you blow your forecast, you're in a heap of hurt," said one storage expert, David L. Hawkins, a senior consultant at KEMA, a consulting firm.
