By Bob Stokes
12/23/2011 4:45:00 PM
Many people say that the Federal Reserve will just keep "printing money." But to say that the government will just keep "stimulating" is to ignore the simple truth that institutions consist of people. Even people in authority come under the influence of prevailing psychology -- which today is one of increasing...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, debt crisis, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, monetary policy, monetization, QE2, quantitative easing, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
12/6/2011 5:15:00 PM
Even though the economy remains weak, the Fed has not announced additional quantitative easing. Has the central bank reached its monetary and political limit?...
Filed Under: banks, central banks, deflation, inflation, monetary policy, monetization, quantitative easing, social mood, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
Robert Prechter Explains The Fed, Part III
The world's foremost Elliott wave expert goes "behind the scenes" on the Federal Reserve
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
10/10/2011 11:30:00 AM
This is Part III, the final part of Elliott Wave International's series "Robert Prechter Explains The Fed: The world's foremost Elliott wave expert goes 'behind the scenes' on the Federal Reserve."
Filed Under: Club EWI, deflation, inflation, monetary policy, monetization, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries
Category: U.S. Economy
Robert Prechter Explains The Fed, Part I
The world's foremost Elliott wave expert goes "behind the scenes" on the Federal Reserve
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/30/2011 2:15:00 PM
The ongoing economic problems have made the central bank's decisions -- interest rates, quantitative easing, monetary stimulus, etc. -- a permanent fixture on six-o'clock news. Yet many of us don't truly understand the role of the Federal Reserve. For answers, let's turn to someone who has spent a considerable amount of time studying the Fed and its functions: EWI president Robert Prechter. Today we begin a 3-part series...
Filed Under: Club EWI, deflation, Elliott wave, gold futures, monetary policy, monetization, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, U.S. dollar, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
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
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
By Nico Isaac
2/7/2011 5:00:00 PM
If the mainstream financial experts had been right about the dollar back in November 2010, the currency would be singing the blues with Elvis right now in that great, pearly-gated Graceland in the sky. See, in the final two months of 2010, the Federal Reserve launched its second round of quantitative easing, dubbed QE2. And, as far as the conventional pundits could tell, the US currency was "QE-ad on arrival.
Filed Under: bailouts, fundamental analysis, monetization, quantitative easing, U.S. dollar
Category: Currencies
Understanding the Federal Reserve Bank
To understand what's a greater threat to the U.S. economy -- inflation or deflation -- it helps to understand what role the U.S. Federal Reserve plays
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/12/2011 10:30:00 PM
Despite so much focus on the policies of the Fed, its operations remain somewhat of a mystery to most investors -- in no smaller measure, due to their complexity. So, we put together a free 35-page report for our Club EWI members that explains the Fed, its goals and, very importantly, its limitations in layman's terms. Enjoy this short excerpt!
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Campaign for Independent Thinking, consumer spending, deflation, european central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
10/1/2010 11:00:00 AM
This is Part III of our multi-part series of questions and answers with Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International and the world's foremost authority on Elliott wave analysis. We will be posting a new part every business day, so come back to elliottwave.com tomorrow for more!
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, gold futures, inflation, deflation, monetization
Category: Stocks
Where Is "Hyperinflation"?
"If the inflationists’ arguments were correct, we should be in a hyperinflationary mode right now," says EWI's president Robert Prechter.
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
7/8/2010 1:30:00 PM
You may have already heard and read several of Robert Prechter's recent media interviews -- but this one really goes in-depth. On June 19, Prechter spent an hour answering questions from Jim Puplava of Financial Sense Newshour. The full 20-page transcript of the interview is available now, free, to all Club EWI members. Look below this excerpt for details on free instant access.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), monetization, M3 money supply, consumer price index, gold futures, platinum futures, silver futures, inflation
Category: Deflation
By Bill Fox, Senior Bonds Analyst
3/19/2009 5:15:00 PM
Wednesday’s $1 trillion announcement is the equivalent of Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke standing on a soapbox, waiving the white flag of surrender and shouting, “deflation is here.”
Filed Under: U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasuries, monetization, deflation
Category: U.S. Economy