By Bob Stokes
12/30/2011 2:00:00 PM
Read the fascinating story of how Frank Sinatra's life and career aligned closely with the bull and bear periods of the stock market...
Filed Under: cultural trends, Elliott Wave Theorist, stock market cycles
Category: Stocks
By Editorial Staff
12/22/2011 9:30:00 AM
Most people's thinking simply defaults to physics when analyzing financial events. But when we take the time to examine the results of applying that model, we find that it is not useful either for predicting or explaining market behavior.
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, cultural trends, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, fundamental analysis, investment decisions, investor psychology, prechter, Prechter's Perspective, Robert Prechter, sentiment, social mood, socionomics, stock indexes, stock market cycles, technical analysis
Category: Classic Prechter
By Editorial Staff
12/12/2011 5:45:00 PM
People default to physics when predicting social trends. The Law of Conservation of Momentum makes possible our modern technological world. People rely on it every day. Despite its use in so many areas, however, it is inapplicable to predicting social change.
Filed Under: cultural trends, history, investment decisions, investor psychology, social mood
Category: Classic Prechter
Luxury May Be Lethal
"...luxury is a classic late-bloomer." -- Financial Forecast, March 2011
By Bob Stokes
10/7/2011 5:45:00 PM
Naturally, anyone has a right to spend their money on whatever they choose. The point to ponder is what the demand for luxury today may be telling us about our economy tomorrow. Find out where in the economic cycle that an increasing demand for luxury usually occurs...
Filed Under: consumer confidence, consumer spending, cultural trends, Elliott wave
Category: U.S. Economy
Are Crowds Wise -- Or Mad?
New Research Reveals the Sources and Threat of Herding
By Nathaniel Williams
7/5/2011 5:15:00 PM
For more than 100 years, social science has claimed that a group of people is smarter than its individuals. The idea is known as the "wisdom of crowd effect." Yet observation shows that crowds often make very un-wise decisions. Now, new research shows you why...
Filed Under: cultural trends, herding, social mood, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Alexandra Lienhard
6/14/2011 10:15:00 AM
What really drives history? Introduce yourself to the socionomic perspective in the free clip below from the groundbreaking documentary History's Hidden Engine. You'll discover how social mood is behind the trends in movies, music, fashion, economics, politics, the media -- even the stock market!
Filed Under: socionomics, social mood, socionomics summit, history's hidden engine, cultural trends
Category: Socionomics