By Bob Stokes
5/22/2012 4:45:00 PM
Elliott wave practitioners know their discipline requires work. Yet that work can yield timely money-making insights...
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, Fibonacci, market forecasts, Nasdaq Composite, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Prechter's Perspective, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, technical analysis, Traders
Category: Classic Prechter
By Bob Stokes
5/17/2012 5:30:00 PM
To this day, I wonder why Robert Prechter's book Conquer the Crash has not been more widely recognized. It described in advance much of what happened in the 2008 financial crisis. Learn what Prechter is saying now...
Filed Under: banks, Bob Prechter, conquer the crash, debt crisis, debt downgrade, deflation, economic depression, Elliott Wave Theorist, Greek debt, market crash, market forecasts
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
5/1/2012 1:30:00 PM
The conventional wisdom is that the economy, above all else, will determine whether a president is re-elected. But what people presume is not always true. We decided to find out for ourselves...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter, social mood
Category: Stocks
The World Has Suddenly Surrendered to Mass Optimism. Should You?
History shows that at market extremes many of the most opinioned bears and bulls surrender to popular opinion. The market then moves violently AGAINST popular opinion.
By Editorial Staff
4/6/2012 12:15:00 PM
Consider this. A week after the Dow's all-time high in October 2007, Robert Prechter went on Bloomberg to describe "extremes that exceed 1929 or 1987...these are the harbingers of a change to the downside for the stock market." A week before the major low in March 2009, he went on CNBC to say "it's getting crowded on the bear side...we've been in a short position for a long time, I recommended that people get out of it." S&P futures traders were a record 98% bears (only 2% bulls) on the very day of the low Prechter went on TV to call for a major turn to the upside. In other words, people were telling you to sell at the worst possible time. What about now? Here's what WE think.
Filed Under: Bear market, Bob Prechter, bull market, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, herding, market crash, market forecasts, prechter, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, stock indexes, stock market cycles, the fed
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
3/29/2012 2:45:00 PM
Robert Prechter's emphasis on financial safety served subscribers well in the 2007-2009 financial crisis. We anticipate that a financial safety plan will be of greater benefit during a time of economic chaos ahead. But where can you keep your assets safe? Learn more...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, credit rating, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, Elliott Wave Theorist, liquidity, monetary policy, risk management, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/15/2012 4:15:00 PM
We all know that the stock market has been rising for 3 years. Many economic measures -- unemployment, consumer spending and confidence, etc. -- also show strong improvement. Yet is that a good reason to stay bullish on stocks? Some people might say the answer is obvious enough to render the question silly. But before you give a reply...
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, bull market, diversification, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, S&P 500, safe haven
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
3/1/2012 5:00:00 PM
Have too many people been extrapolating the market's recent rally? Robert Prechter recalls the words of his former boss, which are fitting for today...
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, Elliott Wave Theorist, herding, sentiment
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
2/24/2012 5:00:00 PM
Are consumers and investors letting their guards down at exactly the wrong time? Well, the evidence about the economy shown in the two charts speaks for itself...
Filed Under: consumer confidence, Elliott Wave Theorist, investor psychology
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
2/10/2012 6:00:00 PM
What is the "single most reliable indicator of an impending change of direction for a market"? Read what Robert Prechter has to say...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, S&P 500, sentiment, Short Term Update
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
2/8/2012 5:15:00 PM
See the chart that addresses the inflation vs. deflation debate. Then, read the analysis...
Filed Under: deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, inflation, rate of change
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
2/6/2012 2:30:00 PM
A bullish consensus appears to be crystallizing. But that doesn't mean one should take a contrarian view for its own sake. One must look at the entire market picture, and ask, "Where are we in the market's main trend?" and "What are other indicators revealing?" We've asked and answered those questions...
Filed Under: bull market, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, herding, investor psychology, sentiment, Short Term Update
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
2/3/2012 5:30:00 PM
Should investors be concerned over too much Facebook excitement? Consider that the IPO filing comes after...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, investor psychology, risk appetite, S&P 500, sentiment, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
2/3/2012 5:00:00 PM
On February 1, Facebook revealed plans to raise $5 billion in the biggest internet initial public offering ever. Soon after, the vast majority of Facebook's 845 million users clicked "like" on the soon-to-be IPO's wall post. So, the big question remains: Does this salvo of social networking and micro-blogging sites really have a new "face"? One, for that matter, that won't turn into a sad, frowning emoticon from another tech boom gone bust?
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, Elliott Wave Theorist, hedge funds, herding, mutual funds, prechter, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Editorial Staff
1/31/2012 5:30:00 PM
You've probably come to this website to learn how to use Elliott wave analysis to impove your investment or trading results. Well, you're not alone. People have been using Elliott for decades, and today, we are speaking with one of them: Ms. Alayne Ginsberg, who discovered the Wave Principle back in the 1970s, and has been a fan ever since. Alayne talked to us on the phone from Colorado.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, prechter, Robert Prechter
Category: Classic Prechter
Do Housing Prices Hurt/Help US Stocks?
See an eye-opening chart in Robert Prechter's current Elliott Wave Theorist that sets the record straight
By Nico Isaac
1/31/2012 5:00:00 PM
"Fundamental" analysis of financial markets follows one simple formula: negative economic data equal a fall in stock prices; positive data equal a rise. And, underneath every mainstream finanical news report, this equation lies. Take, for example, the long-awaited release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Index of US Property Values in 20 major cities.
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, debt, deflation, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, fundamental analysis, housing prices, inflation, prechter, S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
1/26/2012 5:15:00 PM
Even as prices rallied, the percentage of S&P 500 stocks below their 10-week moving average indicates the advance has been weaker than many investors may realize. Take a look at the chart...
Filed Under: breadth, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, S&P 500, Short Term Update, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Robert Folsom
1/23/2012 5:45:00 PM
The difference here is that Prechter examines mostly long-term data, which is why he's able in turn to reveal the very long-term economic story. Most conventional economists only scrutinize marginal changes in monthly data. It doesn't even occur to them to study a 100-year chart, much less glean the trends that emerge from many such charts...
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, Elliott Wave Theorist, home sales, housing prices
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
1/23/2012 5:45:00 PM
Many scientists, mathematicians and others have observed that Fibonacci ratios are widespread in nature -- from galaxies to the human form to the DNA molecule. Another natural form that displays Fibonacci ratios is the price pattern of the financial markets...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Fibonacci, market forecasts, phi, Traders, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
1/19/2012 4:30:00 PM
As I write, the wheels on one of the most dangerous stock market myths go round and round in the mainstream finanical press. SEE this news item from January 12: "A drop in oil prices and strong bond auctions in Europe drove US stocks to a slightly higher close today." (Irish Examiner) The problem is, there is no consistent inverse correlation between oil prices and stock prices. It's time for this particular notion to meet its maker.
Filed Under: crude oil, Elliott Wave Theorist, fundamental analysis, prechter, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Energy
By Bob Stokes
1/9/2012 6:00:00 PM
Companies favored by the conventional wisdom as good for the long run may not even live to see the "long run," let alone perform well along the way. In the just published January Financial Forecast, you'll see a chart of a well-known "blue chip" which appears to be ready for a "meltdown"...
Filed Under: buy and hold, Dow Industrials, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, Gold
Category: Stocks