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Dow Rallies, Dow Falls: What's Driving Volatility?

Vadim Pokhlebkin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:15:00 ET

Last Friday (February 5) was yet another interesting day to compare the stock market action with the explanations from conventional analysts. (This show never gets old, I swear.) Around midday, the Dow was down almost 170 points; everything pointed to another grim day. But then the blue chips reversed and closed higher. Don't look for a good "fundamental" explanation: There was none.

U.S. Stocks: Will The Bears Relinquish Control?

Nico Isaac — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:30:00 ET

In case you were hiding out Tiger Woods' style far away from the mainstream media over last month, let me be the first to say: January saw an abrupt end to the US stock market's record-setting winning streak. Last count, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 4% in its worst monthly loss in a full year.

"Anger in the Air"

Bob Stokes — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:45:00 ET

Pessimism On Display, Politically and Financially:

Dare We Ask, "What Could Follow?"

GDP Up, DJIA Down: What Happened?

Vadim Pokhlebkin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:15:00 ET

Last Friday (January 29) was a great day to watch the stock market and compare the price action against the explanations from analysts. Throughout the day, investors and analysts simply focused on the news stories that best fit that hour in the market... This seems like a flawed approach, and here's why.

The Dow: A Pattern Repeats Itself. Will History Do The Same?

Nico Isaac — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:15:00 ET

Most fairytales have a catch word or phrase that, when repeated, makes all the danger and pain magically -- "poof!" -- disappear into thin air: "Rumpelstiltskin," "Beetlejuice," "There's no place like home, there's no place like home." Today, the mainstream financial world lives in a fantasy where such a word exists, too; that word is "different."

Don’t Be Like Isaac Newton

Bob Stokes — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:30:00 ET

Newton dominated scientific thought for 300 years but didn't "get" crowd psychology

Part II: Trade What You SEE, Not What You BELIEVE

Vadim Pokhlebkin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:15:00 ET

This is part two of the January 18 interview with Roberto Hernandez, a talented S&P trader. "I agree with Bob Pechter that this bear market is not over. My oscillators are pointing down, so we are at the very least looking at a substantial correction. But the volatility will definitely increase again. And as I said before, if you are not experienced with trading in volatile markets, this is not the time to cut your teeth as a trader."

Do You Know What Drives Severe Market Declines?

Bob Stokes — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:15:00 ET

Will the next major move in the U.S. stock market be similar to the move depicted by the chart of the SASE Index?

By Plunging 500-Plus Points, The Dow Fulfilled Its Near-Term Script

Nico Isaac — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:30:00 ET

The VIX reading was one of the indicators that led EWI analysts to publish a bullish outlook for stocks in the period from March-June of 2009, in our Elliott Wave Financial Forecast publications. In March, with U.S. stocks circling the drain of a 12-year abyss, we anticipated a powerful rally that would bring the Dow Industrials to the 10,000 level at minimum, with an accompanying surge in positive sentiment readings.

A Comment On Today's Triple-Digit Stock Market Decline (Update)

Nico Isaac — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:00:00 ET

On Wednesday, January 20, the DJIA took a 100-plus point leap over the equity cliff edge. As for why, well, the experts of Wall Street set their sites 7,400 miles to the east, on China. Here, the following headlines from the day step in: