By Robert Folsom
12/23/2011 4:30:00 PM
I have actually wondered why an actor would take such a part...
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Category: Cultural Trends
Stock Market "Sings" Sinatra
Prechter's new Elliott Wave Theorist explores the fascinating social mood behind a 20th century music icon
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/20/2011 6:15:00 PM
Why do some individuals -- say, an actor, or singer, or politician -- enjoy great success, even as others with as much (or more) talent do not? And why do some of the talented, hard-working individuals stay at it for years with little result -- until suddenly their star starts to shine? You've probably pondered these questions before. Here's what you may have concluded: talent, perseverance, but mainly a lot of dumb luck -- that's the "right mix." But actually, something more than dumb luck is indeed at work...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Education, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics
Category: Cultural Trends
By Susan C. Walker
3/9/2011 5:00:00 PM
Although there's lots of upbeat music in the air now, we can assume that after this current bear market rally, we will hear angrier music on the airwaves as the market turns down. It might be a good time, then, to pay attention to what the markets were doing the last time punk rock blasted the airwaves.
Filed Under: Bear market, Robert Prechter, social mood
Category: Cultural Trends
Egypt Protests: Another Domino?
Last month, The Socionomist forecast turmoil in the Middle East: What do today's riots in Cairo say about the region?
By Jill Noble
1/28/2011 4:15:00 PM
These events occurred after declines in the stock market and thus are compatible with the socionomic hypothesis.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Cultural Trends
By Jill Noble
1/27/2011 2:00:00 PM
To understand today's crisis -- and to be prepared for what's still to come -- demands a full grasp of how we got here. Prechter and Kendall's The Mania Chronicles offers all this at your fingertips.
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, great depression, Ralph Nelson Elliott, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, South Sea Bubble
Category: Cultural Trends
By Jill Noble
1/21/2011 5:45:00 PM
Our most encyclopedic resource -- Pete Kendall and Robert Prechter's The Mania Chronicles -- offers a real-time account of the last financial mania and its aftermath.
Filed Under: bailouts, Elliott Wave Principle, mania, pension funds, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics
Category: Cultural Trends
Mania Chronicles
As relevant now as it was the day it published
By Jill Noble
1/10/2011 4:00:00 PM
Even before April 2000, Pete Kendall and Bob Prechter had identified a correlation between an increase in large charitable donations and major turns in the stock market.
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, mania, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, socionomics
Category: Cultural Trends
By Jill Noble
1/5/2011 4:00:00 PM
We may be reading our financial news on a Kindle, watching CNBC on our iPhone, or catching market advice in an online chat. But no matter the medium, the message is still generated by mass psychology.
Filed Under: Campaign for Independent Thinking, herding, Robert Prechter, Robert Prechter, sentiment, social mood
Category: Cultural Trends
Keep Ahead of the Herd in 2011
Learn to Survive and Thrive with Knowledge of Socionomics and the Elliott Wave Principle
By Jill Noble
12/30/2010 4:00:00 PM
This new year, resolve to look at the world in a different light, and learn to anticipate changes that will keep you ahead of the herd with an understanding of socionomics and the Elliott Wave Principle
Filed Under: Campaign for Independent Thinking, Elliott Wave Principle, Robert Prechter, Ralph Nelson Elliott, social mood, socionomics
Category: Cultural Trends
By Robert Folsom
12/23/2010 1:15:00 PM
Simply say the word and there's no explanation necessary. "Scrooge." It's often a playful insult, but when spoken seriously you know what it means...
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Category: Cultural Trends
WikiLeaks Overdose?
WikiLeaks Under Attack; Cables Reveal Diplomatic Tension over Drug Wars in Mexico: Socionomics Can Help
By Jill Noble
12/3/2010 4:45:00 PM
As today's headlines report, WikiLeaks is under fire as leaked cables shed light on diplomatic tensions worldwide. Growing concern about authoritarianism and the drug wars in Mexico has been on the socionomic radar for months -- find out why.
Filed Under: authoritarianism, Drug War, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Cultural Trends
By Jill Noble
11/29/2010 4:45:00 PM
In the August 2010 issue of The Socionomist, researcher Alan Hall published a short update to his two-part "Authoritarianism" study, which had explained that the clouds of a gathering storm are fast approaching as "serious authoritarian/anti-authoritarian conflict is just beginning."
Filed Under: authoritarianism, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Cultural Trends
By Nico Isaac
11/24/2010 1:45:00 PM
On November 23, North Korea opened fire on South Korea in a deadly skirmish that left buildings ablaze and residents fleeing for shelter. In the world of fundamental analysis, this is what's known as the "Grand Poobah" of market-moving events. We at Elliott Wave International, however, see this rationale as exactly backwards. While news can cause stock market volatility, the most extreme news events don't create broad trends -- they often mark the markets' turning points. Here's why...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, sentiment, social mood, socionomics, technical analysis, volatility
Category: Cultural Trends
By Robert Folsom
11/24/2010 1:45:00 PM
Here's the little-known part of the story: The harvest in 1622 was another failure, to the point that the remaining Pilgrims faced starvation. So in the spring of 1623 the Pilgrims decided to take a calculated risk. They allocated individual plots of land for ownership among the families and members of the colony. In turn, each of the new owners was responsible for their property and for what it would yield...
Filed Under: private ownership
Category: Cultural Trends
Why The Beatles Are Always in the News
The Beatles catalogue finally available on iTunes; Prechter explains their unprecedented success
By Jill Noble
11/16/2010 2:30:00 PM
How do John, Paul, George and Ringo continue to appear in the headlines decades after they stopped making music together? For that matter, what causes the rise or fall in popularity of any artist at any given time? What can create celebrities out of the oceans of creative talent?
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, Elliott Wave Principle
Category: Cultural Trends
By Editorial Staff
11/5/2010 5:15:00 PM
Everyone knows some scary movies, but which are the Best Scary Market Movies? Elliott Wave International's readers give it their best shots.
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Category: Cultural Trends
By Robert Folsom
10/29/2010 4:00:00 PM
In post-WWII American politics, nothing compares to the past two years. The flood of pandering and vitriol; the bizarre conspiracy theories; the shameless demagoguery; the outright stupidity -- and so much more -- have combined to create something unique...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Elliott Wave Principle
Category: Cultural Trends
By Bob Stokes
10/15/2010 4:30:00 PM
We've all seen how that anger has flowed like lava in the political arena: The Tea Party, talk show host rallies, and declining poll numbers for sitting politicians, including President Obama. This negative mood is likely to...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter
Category: Cultural Trends
Greener Pastures for Drug Legalization
Think it's California that is driving the trend toward decriminalizing marijuana use? Not so, says The Socionomics Institute's Euan Wilson
By Jill Noble
10/13/2010 4:15:00 PM
It's not California that is driving the trend toward decriminalizing marijuana use; it's social mood, which has become more bearish and less tolerant of the murders and mayhem caused by the drug war. That's how The Socionomics Institute's Euan Wilson explained this current social trend one year ago in his article, "The Coming Collapse of a Modern Prohibition," in the July 2009 issue of The Socionomist, available here, free.
Filed Under: socionomics
Category: Cultural Trends
By Bob Stokes
10/6/2010 4:30:00 PM
Imagine a policeman in California walking past an apartment as marijuana smoke drifts out an open window. Would you expect the policeman to bang on the door and arrest the "toker?"...
Filed Under: The Socionomist, Elliott Wave Principle
Category: Cultural Trends