Viacom provides entertainment through television, film, direct-to-consumer streaming, digital media, live events, merchandise and solutions. Co.'s segments are: Media Networks, which creates, acquires, distributes and sells programming and other content for its audiences, distributed through cable, satellite and broadband services, on linear, streaming, on-demand and transactional bases, for viewing on a range of devices such as televisions, PCs, tablets, smartphones and other connected devices; and Filmed Entertainment, which develops, produces, finances, acquires and distributes films, television programming and other entertainment content in various markets and media worldwide.
When researching a stock like Viacom, 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 VIAB 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 VIAB 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 VIAB 200 day moving average ("VIAB 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the VIAB 50 day moving average ("VIAB 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Viacom. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the VIAB 200 DMA and the VIAB 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("VIAB MACD"). The VIAB 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). |