General Electric shares gain for a fourth straight session on Tuesday, $3 billion to be invested in 2017 by GE Energy Financial

According to David Nason, Chief Executive of GE Energy Financial, the unit intends to invest $3 billion in 2017, with at least half of that amount being planned for solar, wind and other renewable energy projects on a global scale.

General Electric shares closed higher for a fourth consecutive trading session on Tuesday. The stock went up 0.35% ($0.10) to $28.28, with the intraday high and the intraday low being at $28.28 and $28.11 respectively. In the week ended on May 21st the shares of the industrial giant lost 0.78% of their market value compared to a week ago, which marked a second consecutive period of decline, but yet, the smallest decrease since the week ended on April 23rd. However, the stock has pared its loss to 2.45% so far during the current month, following a 2.72% slump in April. The latter has been a second consecutive monthly drop and also the sharpest one since January. For the entire past year, General Electric shares gained 1.44%.

GE Energy Financial has invested more than $15 billion in renewable energy projects since 2004, with as much as $5 billion invested in the past three years.

The units CEO said that a large part of the planned investment for this year would be in projects in North America, including ones for re-powering already established wind farms.

According to CNN Money, the 14 analysts, offering 12-month forecasts regarding General Electric’s stock price, have a median target of $32.50, with a high estimate of $36.00 and a low estimate of $24.00. The median estimate is a 14.92% surge compared to the closing price of $28.28 on May 23rd.

The same media also reported that 7 out of 17 surveyed investment analysts had rated General Electric’s stock as “Buy”, while 6 – as “Hold”. On the other hand, 2 analysts had recommended selling the stock.

Daily and Weekly Pivot Levels

With the help of the Camarilla calculation method, todays levels of importance for the General Electric stock are presented as follows:

R1 – $28.30
R2 – $28.32
R3 (Range Resistance – Sell) – $28.33
R4 (Long Breakout) – $28.37
R5 (Breakout Target 1) – $28.43
R6 (Breakout Target 2) – $28.45

S1 – $28.26
S2 – $28.24
S3 (Range Support – Buy) – $28.23
S4 (Short Breakout) – $28.19
S5 (Breakout Target 1) – $28.13
S6 (Breakout Target 2) – $28.11

By using the traditional method of calculation, the weekly levels of importance for General Electric Company (GE) are presented as follows:

Central Pivot Point – $27.81
R1 – $28.52
R2 – $28.99
R3 – $29.70
R4 – $30.41

S1 – $27.34
S2 – $26.63
S3 – $26.16
S4 – $25.69