Union Pacific Corporation is a railroad operating company in the U.S.. Co. operates through its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Co. (UPRR). It connects over 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and maintains coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Southeast, the Southwest, Canada, and Mexico. Its Railroad's diversified business mix includes Bulk, Industrial, and Premium. Its Bulk shipments consist of grain and grain products, fertilizer, food and refrigerated, and coal and renewables.
When researching a stock like Union Pacific, 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 UNP 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 UNP 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 UNP 200 day moving average ("UNP 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the UNP 50 day moving average ("UNP 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Union Pacific. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the UNP 200 DMA and the UNP 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("UNP MACD"). The UNP 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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