What Will Happen to the Stock Market When QE2 Ends?
Club EWI's free "Independent Investor eBook, 2011 Edition" offers you an unorthodox view of the Fed's quantitative easing program
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
6/27/2011 12:00:00 PM
Club EWI's free "Independent Investor eBook, 2011 Edition" offers you an unorthodox view of quantitative easing and its "effects" on stocks and the economy...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Elliott wave, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), liquidity, market manipulation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, QE2, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
6/20/2011 5:30:00 PM
Elliott wave analysis comes down to this: The ability to identify patterns in price charts. If you can do that, you can do Elliott. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes not so much -- but because there are only 13 known Elliott wave patterns, you can train yourself to find them fairly quickly in most situations. With that in mind, let's take a look at the recent price action in crude.
Filed Under: contracting triangle, crude oil, ethanol futures, market manipulation, options trading, supply and demand, technical analysis, trading lessons
Category: Energy
By Nathaniel Williams
6/14/2011 3:45:00 PM
The mainstream financial media almost always make the Fed out to be a group of all-powerful market magicians. This characterization isn't new. But is it accurate? For just one example, let's take a trip back to 1999...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Campaign for Independent Thinking, central banks, Greenspan, market manipulation, real Dow, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
Gold and Silver: Why Are Prices Falling?
The timeline of the selloff reveals whether the recent news headlines are the real culprit
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/5/2011 3:30:00 PM
Gold and silver fell hard again on May 5: Gold touched an intraday low of $1463 per ounce (from $1,577 on May 2), and silver fell as low as $35 an ounce (from $49 on April 25.) Investors want explanations, and here are some of the more popular ones...
Filed Under: diversification, Elliott wave, gold futures, hedge funds, inflation, mania, market crash, market manipulation, safe haven, short selling, silver futures, U.S. dollar, volatility
Category: Gold and Silver
Understanding the Fed
EWI's free eBook explains the common and misleading myths about the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/12/2011 6:00:00 PM
What exactly is the function of the Fed? If it's to help the U.S. economy grow steadily, then how come in 2007-2009 we had the biggest stock market crash in decades followed by "the Great Recession" and a worldwide financial crisis? For answers, let's turn to someone who has spent a considerable amount of time studying the Fed and its functions: EWI's president Robert Prechter. This is an excerpt from a free Club EWI eBook...
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Robert Prechter, Campaign for Independent Thinking, Elliott wave, Greenspan, hyperinflation, inflation, market crash, market manipulation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, social mood, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/23/2011 9:30:00 AM
During hyperinflation, interest rates typically rise to double digits per month. Inflationists find it difficult to reconcile the Fed’s massive balance sheet growth since August 2008 with short term rates at zero. But deflationists understand why investors are willing to hold government paper at such low returns...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Robert Prechter, credit crisis, crude oil, deflation, earnings, Elliott Wave Theorist, gold futures, hyperinflation, inflation, liquidity, M3 money supply, market manipulation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, quantitative easing, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part XI
The world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests myth #10: "Central banks and government policies control the markets” -- and brings you yet another surprising conclusion
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/6/2011 11:30:00 AM
This is Part XI of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president tests myth #10: "Central banks and government policies control the markets” -- and brings you yet another surprising conclusion.
Filed Under: bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), earnings, Elliott Wave Principle, Fannie Mae, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), Freddie Mac, inflation, investor psychology, market manipulation, monetary policy, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
11/4/2010 3:00:00 PM
By far, the most frequent question we've been asked recently at EWI's Message Board is this: "What is your take on the persistent internet chatter that the Federal Reserve is holding up the stock market via QE2, POMO, etc.? How can stocks ever decline again if the Fed is in control?" H
ere is an eye-opening chart that will help shed more light on this issue.
Filed Under: quantitative easing, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), market manipulation, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
11/1/2010 11:30:00 AM
How often have you heard analysts refer to a down day on Wall Street as "traders taking profits"? Sounds great, but the sobering fact is that most traders -- in futures, commodities, or forex -- lose money. Yet some traders do win; some even set records. In 1984, Elliott Wave International's president Robert Prechter won the U.S. Trading Championship, setting a new all-time profit record of 444.4% in a monitored real-money options account. Here is a link to the free report where he lays out his requirements for successful trading.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, options trading, futures trading, market manipulation
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/14/2010 12:45:00 PM
On September 16, EWI's Senior Tutorial Instructors Jeffrey Kennedy and Wayne Gorman are starting a first-ever, live, 8-session online Elliott wave trading course. I sat down to ask them a few final questions*: Wayne, Jeffrey, in recent months, there have been a lot of rumors about "market manipulation" by computers via HFT, high-frequency trading. What's your take on that?
Filed Under: market manipulation, volatility, risk management
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/12/2010 3:00:00 PM
EWI's Message Board is a free resource to get your questions answered by EWI and The Socionomics Institute's experts. We try to answer every reader, and in turn publish the best Q&As for all to see. Here is a recent frequent question we've answered: "What is your take on the recent allegations that the Plunge Protection Team is manipulating this market?" Well, take a look at this chart.
Filed Under: U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), market manipulation, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks