By Bob Stokes
5/14/2012 5:30:00 PM
During Q1 of 2012, trading on the New York Stock Exchange was down 23 percent vs. last year. But if many individual investors have stayed out of the market, how has the S&P 500 more than doubled? Moreover, what do we see ahead?...
Filed Under: banks, credit default swaps, Elliott wave, financial forecast, investment decisions, investor psychology, liquidity, risk appetite, Robert Prechter, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/10/2012 5:00:00 PM
When you trade stocks, the question is always the same: What's the trend? Looking at the market's "fundamentals" today, you'd probably agree that it's a tough call. Europe is tanking, but maybe it's not so bad; U.S. jobs market is improving, but not as well as we'd like. Is the Fed done "stimulating"? Will the ECB lower interest rates? And on, and on. Here's how Elliott wave analysis helps you cut through the guesswork...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Interest Rates, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, trade targets, trading lessons, trendlines
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/4/2012 5:45:00 PM
At the 2nd annual Social Mood Conference in April, one speaker delivered an interesting insight: Every year, stock market returns in May-October average only about 50% of the returns in November-April. Important information, yes -- but did you realize that May-October in 2003, 2007 and 2009 were great periods to hold Asian-Pacific equities? What about 2012, you may wonder?
Filed Under: Asia Dollar Index, Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, BRIC, Chinese markets, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, emerging markets, Indian markets, investment strategy, Nikkei, Shanghai Composite Index, stock indexes, technical analysis
Category: Asian Markets
By Nico Isaac
4/26/2012 5:30:00 PM
Without discipline, trading in financial markets is like skydiving without a working parachute. Having one has always been the number one rule of every market success story, including EWI Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy. For over 20 years, Jeffrey’s primary discipline has been Elliott wave analysis, combined with traditional technical methods. By now, Jeffrey knows the specific rules and guidelines of the Wave Principle like the back of his hand, all the while bringing his own, original trading lessons and indicators into being.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, stock indexes, technical indicators, Wall Street
Category: Trading Lessons
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/26/2012 3:15:00 PM
Today, you truly have the world at your fingertips. It’s easier than ever for you to get exposure to global markets, especially given the explosion in ETFs. But how do you decide which market is most worthy of your attention? And how do you know if your forecasting source is qualified and objective? With that in mind, I sat down with EWI's Mark Galasiewski, a monthly contributor to the "Asian-Pacific Stocks Section" of our Global Market Perspective.
Filed Under: Asia Dollar Index, ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, BRIC, buy and hold, Chinese markets, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, emerging markets, Indian markets, investment decisions, investment strategy, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, stock indexes, Taiwan index, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Global Markets
By Bob Stokes
4/24/2012 5:45:00 PM
In the list, all of the statements are true except one. Can you pick out the myth?...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Interest Rates, investor psychology, market myths, personal finance, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
4/17/2012 3:30:00 PM
It's earnings season. And like they do every quarter, stock market observers want the answer to the ritual question: Will earnings drive stock prices higher or lower? The premise that earnings drive stock prices is so ingrained that it's not a question of whether earnings steer stock prices, but how will earnings steer the indexes. Here's what you need to know...
Filed Under: earnings, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, market forecasts, S&P 500, stock indexes
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
4/5/2012 4:45:00 PM
Trading volume climbed as stocks sank this week. This is notable because it occurred during the week before Easter, often a positive time for stocks. The latest Short Term Update also mentions a historically famous indicator that "very few analysts are discussing"...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, stock indexes, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/2/2012 5:00:00 PM
Human beings have a tendency to follow. And nowhere is that tendency more pronounced than in financial markets where so many investors look to others for clues. Those who follow the bullish crowd now will likely be led into rough financial waters. Learn why our analysts have remained independent from the crowd...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Fibonacci, herding, Robert Prechter, sentiment, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
3/26/2012 4:15:00 PM
A look at the performance of small-capitalization stocks is one way to tell whether investors are in the mood for risk taking. See a revealing chart...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, quantitative easing, risk appetite, stock indexes, Traders
Category: Stocks
Bubble, Bubble: Stocks in Trouble?
400 years of history show: AFTER a mania, prices fall lower than they were BEFORE it
By Bob Stokes
3/21/2012 4:00:00 PM
It's easy to say you'll get out before the bubble bursts -- but there's always someone saying "stocks have more to run," or "this pullback is healthy for stocks"... in other words, "tulips are headed even higher"...
Filed Under: Bear market, CNBC, deflation, herding, history, mania, market crash, Robert Prechter, sentiment, stock indexes, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
3/8/2012 5:15:00 PM
The 1929-1933 financial collapse was of Supercycle degree. The rally that followed the 1929 low lasted only five months. But the market rally that began in 2009 has lasted three years. Why so long and when can we expect the rally to say good-bye?...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Fibonacci, great depression, history, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, Traders
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/10/2012 6:15:00 PM
This is what a chart of the S&P 500 looks like this week (Feb. 6-10)" ... If you saw this chart on Thursday (Feb. 9), would there have been anything to give you a clue that Friday's vertical drop would erase most of the week's gains?
Filed Under: Elliott wave, European debt crisis, Greek debt, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
"Half-time" In America: Will the Second Half Really Be Better?
The brand-new, February 2012 issue of our Elliott Wave Financial Forecast examines unique market evidence to tell you whether U.S. stocks are REALLY headed for a new bull market
By Nico Isaac
2/6/2012 3:45:00 PM
In case you missed yesterday’s 2012 Super Bowl game, here are the key highlights. Final score: New York Giants beat the New England Patriots: 21-17. Most Valuable Player: Eli Manning. Most Memorable Performance by: 82-year old famed actor Clint Eastwood
Yes, you read that last detail right. The two-minute Chrysler ad narrated by Eastwood at half-time has everyone talking. The reason being...
Filed Under: bull market, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, social mood, socionomics, stock indexes, stock market cycles, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
1/19/2012 3:15:00 PM
Professional money managers are supposed to have more investment savvy than the average mutual fund shareholder. Yet some recent evidence suggests that the "investor next door" is wiser than the professionals...
Filed Under: cash, financial forecast, risk appetite, stock indexes
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
12/20/2011 10:45:00 AM
We have already seen that economic performance, earnings and inflation do not necessarily coincide with movements in apparently related financial markets. Is there any evidence that dramatic news events that make headlines, such as terrorist attacks, political events, wars, crises or any such events are causal to stock market movement?
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, investment decisions, investor psychology, market forecasts, market myths, Robert Prechter, social mood, stock indexes, technical analysis, terrorist attacks
Category: Classic Prechter
By Nico Isaac
11/28/2011 3:15:00 PM
In case you're only just now emerging from a turkey coma, here's the latest in stock market news: When the closing bell was said and rung on Friday, November 25, US stocks had capped their worst Thanksgiving week-drop in nearly 80 years (circa 1932). But that was then. Come Monday, November 28, the mainstream financial media observed a Patti LaBull "new attitude" among US stocks as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketed 300-plus points in early going.
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), europe, European debt crisis, stock indexes, Elliott Wave trading
Category: Stocks
STOCK, Drop, and Roll: How Long Will The Bulls Get Burned?
EWI's US Intraday Stocks Specialty Service shows you the critical details that explain where stocks are likely headed in the short term
By Nico Isaac
11/21/2011 6:00:00 PM
Over the last week, the US stock market has endured one triple-digit surge...after a triple-digit slide -- culminating in its worst five-session performance since September. Not helping matters is the mainstream analysts' INABILITY to stay in front of the turns. Elliott wave analysis helps to alleviate the main source of investor fear -- the element of the unknown -- by actually anticipating the market's twists.
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, stock indexes, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks