By Bob Stokes
5/15/2012 5:00:00 PM
For the past several months, volatility was absent as the market mainly traded sideways. Many participants were complacent. Some opined that the market was simply gathering its strength before the next leg up. We viewed the lackluster market action as...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, market forecasts, S&P 500, technical indicators, U.S. STOCK MARKET, VIX, volatility, volume, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/3/2012 5:00:00 PM
Markets don't always conform to seasonal biases -- not even to the well known "Sell in May and go away." Still, an investor might do well to consider the market's seasonal tendencies. So it is with stock market cycles...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, financial forecast, Robert Prechter, stock market cycles, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Jill Noble
5/3/2012 4:15:00 PM
Watch a 5-minute clip of Robert Prechter as he presents results from his collaborative effort with researchers from the Socionomics Institute, the University of Cambridge and the Emory University School of Medicine.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, socionomics summit, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Socionomics
By Bob Stokes
4/26/2012 4:45:00 PM
The stock market: one week it acts like Dr. Jekyll, the next week it's Mr. Hyde. What do we make of these dramatic fluctuations?...
Filed Under: Bear market, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott wave, herding, investor psychology, market crash, market forecasts, Nasdaq Composite, risk management, Robert Prechter, U.S. STOCK MARKET, volatility
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/4/2012 5:15:00 PM
Regardless of news about the Fed or Europe, the slowing upside momentum had already suggested that buyers are weary of pushing the boulder uphill. So the downturn has not surprised us. In fact, we believe market players will soon...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, momentum, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/29/2012 5:15:00 PM
The stock market closed lower on March 28, and the headlines were there to explain why: falling oil prices. The notion that oil and stock prices are linked is everywhere. But is it true? This chart shows a clear answer.
Filed Under: crude oil, Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Energy
By Editorial Staff
3/20/2012 5:30:00 PM
Filed Under: Elliott wave, investor psychology, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, technical indicators, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
2/28/2012 4:00:00 PM
Perhaps you've heard market bulls dismiss the light volume in comments like this: "Bears have been talking about the light volume for three years, yet the market keeps rising." That argument seems to make sense until you consider this observation regarding the prolonged light volume...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, technical indicators, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
Stock Market Bull: Real or Phony?
Robert Prechter's new Elliott Wave Theorist puts the S&P 500 rally to a "golden" truth test
By Nico Isaac
2/27/2012 5:15:00 PM
On February 24, the S&P 500 rose to its highest level in nearly four years after breaking through its long-standing April 29, 2011, peak. And, according to the mainstream experts, there is just one word to describe the S&P's long-term future: "Ole!" Are the bulls right?
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, bull market, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Gold, prechter, real Dow, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
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Club EWI's free introductory tutorial on Elliott wave analysis is your key to unlocking the mystery of market behavior
By Nico Isaac
2/21/2012 3:15:00 PM
Check out the following news items from February 21: First, Greek bailout news is "bullish": "US Stock Futures Rise On Back of Greece Bailout Deal." And then hours later, the same bailout news is "bearish": "Europe Stocks Decline After Greek Bailout Deal." The Elliott Wave Principle resets the stage from an entirely different starting point. Wave analysis asserts that while news can have a temporary near-term effect on market prices, the larger trend is governed by one consistent force: social mood, or collective investor psychology.
Filed Under: bailouts, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, emerging markets, europe, european markets, fundamental analysis, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Education
By Bob Stokes
2/15/2012 5:45:00 PM
Every seller wants to catch the stock market's top tick, but almost none do. The odds are… well, the lottery comes to mind. See the two charts which show how markets can turn on a dime...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
Want to Know Who’s Going to Be President? Ask the Stock Market
A recently-published, landmark research paper shows the link between stock market performance and presidential election winners.
By Robert Folsom
2/13/2012 6:30:00 PM
What's the biggest influence on the outcome of presidential elections? Yet if you want an answer backed by a large body of evidence, you'll find one in the recently-published, landmark research paper by Robert Prechter, Deepak Goel, Wayne Parker and Matthew Lampert, titled "Social Mood, Stock Market Performance and US Presidential Elections."
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Robert Prechter, U.S. STOCK MARKET, unemployment
Category: Socionomics
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
1/23/2012 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
Can The Fed Rebuild The US Housing Market?
Robert Prechter's latest Elliott Wave Theorist shows you compelling evidence on whether the wait for a housing recovery is almost over
By Nico Isaac
1/23/2012 5:30:00 PM
As the leading US economists look ahead to the future, they see one glaring obstacle standing in the way to lasting recovery: the still, defunct real estate market. And, according to many mainstream experts, there is one surefire way to turn the housing sector around: government stimulus, stimulus, and more stimulus.
Filed Under: central banks, home sales, housing prices, Interest Rates, prechter, Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Real Estate
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/19/2012 10:45:00 PM
With the DJIA making gains so far this month, the Jan. 18 issue of Elliott Wave International's Monday-Wednesday Friday Short Term Update takes a look at market sentiment...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), S&P 500, sentiment, steve hochberg, U.S. STOCK MARKET, volatility
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
1/18/2012 2:00:00 PM
Given that the Oracle of Omaha is buying back Berkshire shares, could that be a sign that this time is different -- that we're heading into a rip-roaring bull market?
Filed Under: bull market, cash, financial forecast, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
1/4/2012 12:45:00 PM
It's the first week of 2012, and the mainstream finanical experts have already turned their deck of old proverbs over to start again from the very top. Their first card is "the January Effect" -- the widespread notion that the performance of stocks in first month determines the rest of the year.
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
12/28/2011 6:45:00 PM
This holiday season, I watched the king of feel-good movies, "It's A Wonderful Life," for the umpteenth hundredth time. In the classic "what if" story, Jimmy Stuart as George Bailey is granted the opportunity to see what life would have been like if he had never existed. Well, from the fictional Bedford Falls, to actual Wall Street, I had to wonder: What if the early 2011 mainstream financial forecasts never existed? Would those who listened then have been better off -- or worse off -- today?
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Stocks