Historical Stock-Price Datasets for Machine-Learning-Based Forecasting of Apple and Microsoft Dynamics

This dataset contains historical weekly stock-price data for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in a single XLSX file with two sheets: "AAPL Shares" and "MSFT shares". Retrieved from Yahoo Finance, the data spans a 5-year period from May 2019 to May 2024, yielding strictly identical time series of 263 observations per asset. Each sheet tracks the chronological date and the weekly adjusted closing price, accounting for dividends and stock splits. The dataset serves as the empirical baseline for machine-learning-based forecasting models and financial risk management analysis.