Eastman Chemical is a global specialty materials company. Co.'s segments include: Additives and Functional Products, which manufactures materials for products in the transportation, consumables, building and construction, animal nutrition, crop protection, energy, and other markets; Advanced Materials, which produces and markets polymers, films, and plastics in transportation, consumables, building and construction, durable goods, and health and wellness markets; Chemical Intermediates, which utilizes integration from the cellulose and acetyl, olefins, and alkylamines streams; and Fibers, which manufactures and sells acetate tow and triacetin plasticizers for use in filtration media.
When researching a stock like Eastman Chemical, 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 EMN 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 EMN 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 EMN 200 day moving average ("EMN 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the EMN 50 day moving average ("EMN 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Eastman Chemical. |
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