Archer Daniels Midland is a human and animal nutrition and an agricultural origination and processing company. The Ag Services and Oilseeds segment includes activities related to the origination, merchandising, transportation, and storage of agricultural raw materials, and the crushing and further processing of oilseeds into vegetable oils and protein meals. The Carbohydrate Solutions segment is engaged in corn and wheat wet and dry milling and other activities. The Nutrition segment serves various end markets including food, beverages, nutritional supplements, and feed and premix for livestock, aquaculture, and pet food.
When researching a stock like Archer Daniels Midland, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from ADM Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for ADM stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the ADM 200 day moving average ("ADM 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ADM 50 day moving average ("ADM 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Archer Daniels Midland. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the ADM 200 DMA and the ADM 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("ADM MACD"). The ADM MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |
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