General Electric Co., doing business as GE Aerospace, is a global aerospace propulsion, services, and systems company. Co. provides jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. Its portfolio of brands includes Avio Aero, Unison, GE Additive and Dowty Propellers. Avio Aero is a GE Aerospace business which operates in the design, manufacturing, and maintenance of civil and military aeronautics subsystems and systems. Dowty Propellers manufactures integrated propeller systems, which are used in applications that range from regional airliners and military airlifters to marine hovercraft.
When researching a stock like General Electric, 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 GE 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 GE 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 GE 200 day moving average ("GE 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the GE 50 day moving average ("GE 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for General Electric. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the GE 200 DMA and the GE 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("GE MACD"). The GE 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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