Dow MACD

Dow is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. delivers a range of science-based products and solutions for its customers. Co.'s segments are: Packaging and Specialty Plastics, which consists of Hydrocarbons and Energy and Packaging and Specialty Plastics businesses that employ the polyolefin product portfolio; Industrial Intermediates and Infrastructure, which consists of Industrial Solutions and Polyurethanes and Construction Chemicals businesses that develop intermediate chemicals as well as customized materials and formulations; and Performance Materials and Coatings, which includes franchises and consists of Coatings and Performance Monomers and Consumer Solutions businesses.

When researching a stock like Dow, 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 DOW 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 DOW 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 DOW 200 day moving average ("DOW 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the DOW 50 day moving average ("DOW 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Dow. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the DOW 200 DMA and the DOW 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("DOW MACD"). The DOW 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).