Moving averages are technical indicators used by investors in the stock market. A moving average (MA) represents the sum of the closing prices of a security over a specific number of periods divided ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In your school life, you have learned about average and the method to calculate it. The formula to calculate the average is very simple. You just have to add all the values in the given data and ...

Disclosure: I hold no positions in Boeing, Disney, General Electric, Home Depot, Coca Cola, McDonald's or Nike. The Dow Jones Industrial Average set an all-time intraday high of 18,668.44 on Aug. 15 ...

Disclosure: I have no positions in Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Chevron, Intel, United Technologies or Wal-Mart. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 17,006.77, the first close above ...