International Paper Co. is a global producer of sustainable packaging, pulp, and other fiber-based products, and a recycler. Co. operates through two segments: Industrial Packaging and Global Cellulose Fibers. The Industrial Packaging segment is focused on creating fiber-based packaging that protects and promotes goods, enables worldwide commerce, and helps keep consumers safe. The segment offers products, including linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft.
When researching a stock like International Paper, 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 IP 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 IP 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 IP 200 day moving average ("IP 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the IP 50 day moving average ("IP 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for International Paper. |
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