Intuitive Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets the da Vinci surgical system and the Ion endoluminal system. Co.'s products and related services enable physicians and healthcare providers to access minimally invasive care. The da Vinci surgical system consists of a surgeon console or consoles, a patient-side cart, and a high-performance vision system. The da Vinci products fall into five categories, namely da Vinci surgical systems, da Vinci instruments and accessories, da Vinci Stapling, da Vinci Energy, and da Vinci Vision, including Firefly Fluorescence imaging systems and da Vinci Endoscopes.
When researching a stock like Intuitive Surgical, 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 ISRG 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 ISRG 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 ISRG 200 day moving average ("ISRG 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ISRG 50 day moving average ("ISRG 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Intuitive Surgical. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the ISRG 200 DMA and the ISRG 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("ISRG MACD"). The ISRG 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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