By Nathaniel Williams
5/25/2012 12:30:00 PM
By all accounts, May 2012 should have been a stellar month for Asian-Pacific stocks. Almost every Asian-Pacific market surged in the first fourth months of the year. Plus, consumer confidence rose in 68% of global markets in the first quarter, according to a survey done by consumer information company Nielsen, with India leading the pack. The fundamentals were strong. How could everything go so awry?
Filed Under: Indian markets, stock indexes
Category: Asian Markets
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 Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/30/2012 6:15:00 PM
It's been three years since March 2009, when our Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast turned bullish on the Asian-Pacific region. Most emerging markets in Asia have since then continued to support that bullish view: Many regional stock indexes have advanced in the impulsive Elliott wave pattern we expected. Of course, markets do go through periods of regress. How soon should you expect one to begin -- if at all? The April 2012 Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast gives you a specific answer on page 1.
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, BRIC, Chinese markets, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Education, emerging markets, financial forecast, Indian markets, momentum, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, Taiwan index, technical analysis, volume
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
3/15/2012 5:45:00 PM
When Bangladesh's Dhaka General Index completed a five-wave impulsive advance from its 2009 low and then plunged below the uptrend line that had supported its advance from its 2009 low, EWI's analyst hypothesized that the event marked the start of another topping process in the region.
Filed Under: Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, emerging markets
Category: Asian Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/4/2012 11:30:00 AM
Here's a question that any stock market investor wants answered: How do you know when a rally (or decline) may end? If you look to the economy for an answer, you'll likely be disappointed. Just think back to mid-2007, when the economy was strong -- but, out of the blue, the stock market began a decline that became a crash. Conversely, recall how bad the economy was in March 2009 -- right when stocks hit bottom and began a three-year rally. What's the alternative, then?
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, BRIC, bull market, Chinese markets, diversification, Elliott wave, emerging markets, Indian markets, Indian Rupee, investment strategy, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, Taiwan index, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
2/29/2012 7:30:00 PM
Like every other form of financial forecasting, the Wave Principle is about probabilities, not certainties. But with this clear example, you can see how practical and actionable Elliott wave analysis can be for your trading.
Filed Under: Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, Chris Carolan, Keltner channels
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
2/17/2012 3:30:00 PM
The sense of gloom about India's financial markets was tangible on December 18 when EWI's Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast editor was featured on India's Bloomberg UTV. Yet, when he went on air, he had a vastly different message: "I'm quite optimistic, actually." Find out why.
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Category: Asian Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/3/2012 6:45:00 PM
You may have noticed that many investors tend to think that "Stocks in the same region of the world move together." This assumption seems to make sense, because regions often do share trading ties, natural resources, labor pools, etc. And yet... it's not the reality.
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, Chinese markets, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, emerging markets, Indian markets, Nikkei, SENSEX, Taiwan index, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Asian Markets
By Paul DeBoer
1/18/2012 8:00:00 PM
In this 3-minute video excerpt from the Jan. 3 Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, analyst Chris Carolan explains the affect the rupee has on the S&P Nifty Index and what it may indicate for the intermediate term.
Filed Under: Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, Chris Carolan, currency, Indian markets, Indian Rupee
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
1/17/2012 1:30:00 PM
If 2011 was a year to forget for India's financial markets, does that mean 2012 will be the same?
Filed Under: Indian markets
Category: Asian Markets
Bear Markets, Lethal Flu and Hong Kong
Plus, a Look Ahead at Stocks in India, China, Australia and More -- Inside EWI's new, January 2012 Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/8/2012 10:15:00 PM
Hong Kong is one of the world's most vibrant financial centers, yet its name is also synonymous with lethal influenza. It's the city where the H5N1 avian flu was discovered 15 years ago. You probably knew that. But did you know that the H5N1 discovery -- and every major Hong Kong flu outbreak since then -- came at or near a low in the Hang Seng stock index? Few people realize this...
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, Chinese markets, emerging markets, Indian Rupee, Nikkei, Robert Prechter, SENSEX, Taiwan index, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
12/22/2011 1:30:00 PM
What's behind the sharp contrast in the clothing worn by leaders at the Japanese and Bali meetings? Socionomics, the study of social mood, provides a clue. It posits that the same social mood that governs stock prices ALSO drives cultural trends -- like fashion.
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, social mood
Category: Asian Markets
By Editorial Staff
12/5/2011 5:30:00 PM
Most Asia-Pacific stock indexes reached important price lows this past September or October. In this final month of 2011, EWI's new Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast reveals whether those lows will hold -- or soon fall -- as we go into 2012.
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, Chinese markets, emerging markets, Indian Rupee, Japanese yen, Korean Won, SENSEX, Taiwan index, technical analysis, yuan
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
11/23/2011 3:00:00 PM
While the financial media focus on explaining why the markets move, they can miss the real market story. See how the Wave Principle caught an impending move in the rupee.
Filed Under: Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, Indian Rupee
Category: Asian Markets
By Susan C. Walker
11/11/2011 1:30:00 PM
What makes a nation decide to talk tough and rattle its sabers? It has much to do with a rising social mood as reflected by a rising stock market. See Turkey for an example.
Filed Under: eurozone
Category: Asian Markets
India and Pakistan: Different Paths, Same Destination
Plus, updated forecasts for the stock markets across the region -- all inside EWI's November 2011 Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast...
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
11/4/2011 6:30:00 PM
Today, while many market watchers worry about whether the eurozone is about to fall apart, India and Pakistan provide a story of coming together. What is going on? Why NOW? Is it really possible that the conflicts and mistrust between the world's 2nd and 6th most-populous nations should continue to wane and may even turn into a golden era of rapprochement? The November 2011 Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast gives you the complete socionomic analysis of the India-Pakistan relations -- and comes to some surprising conclusions.
Filed Under: Asia Dollar Index, ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, diversification, Elliott wave, emerging markets, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index
Category: Asian Markets
From Hero to Zero: Public Figures on Magazine Covers
The Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast shows why being on a magazine cover is not as glamorous as you might think
By Nathaniel Williams
10/27/2011 9:00:00 AM
Paul Montgomery"s magazine cover indicator shows that media often laud leaders near the peak of their popularity, after which they often have nowhere to go but down.
Filed Under: Magazine Cover Indicator
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
10/26/2011 10:00:00 AM
The MSCI Asia Apex Index combines 50 of the largest stocks in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. The following Elliott wave development in the index provided EWI Global Analyst Chris Carolan an opportunity to show his readers how he uses three of his favorite technical indicators to anticipate trend changes.
Filed Under: Keltner channels, Relative Strength Index (RSI), technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Asian Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
10/7/2011 11:45:00 PM
At the start of this year, EWI's Asian-Pacific Financial Forecast pointed to a trendline break in Bangladesh’s Dhaka General Index and said it was probably the first of many such events that would unfold in 2011 throughout Asia. The May issue added other emerging Asian bull markets that were likely to fall next. Just as forecast, one by one the region’s dominoes have continued to topple this year...
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, BRIC, diversification, Elliott Wave trading, Elliott wave, emerging markets, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, Shanghai Composite Index, Taiwan index, technical analysis
Category: Asian Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
10/3/2011 2:15:00 PM
It's official: Asian-Pacific stocks just had their worst quarter since 2008. Yet some markets' woes are even more staggering: like Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which sealed its worst quarter in a decade. It's been difficult for traders to navigate these stormy seas of market volatility. That's why you should have a co-pilot on board...
Filed Under: Asian-Pacific Short Term Update, Chris Carolan, Nikkei, Relative Strength Index (RSI), Singapore Dollar
Category: Asian Markets