European Stocks: A Chicken or a Fox?
EWI's European Stocks Specialty Service brings you original price charts and objective Elliott wave analysis of the Euro STOXX 50's next big move
By Nico Isaac
2/8/2012 5:30:00 PM
If you didn't know any better, you might think the recent news items regarding the European stock markets were being written from inside a loony bin. Case in point, the following slew of Euro-related headlines: "European stocks DECLINED as Greek talks... continued" -- VERSUS -- "European Stocks RISE Amid Greet Debt Talks."
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, euro stoxx 50, europe, european markets, Fibonacci, fundamental analysis, prechter, Prechter's Perspective, Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Category: European Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/3/2012 6:45:00 PM
Mainstream analysts can busily debate Europe's "fundamentals," but here at Elliott Wave international our European Financial Forecast editor Brian Whitmer reports this...
Filed Under: AEX, bailouts, Elliott wave, euro, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, eurozone, prechter, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: European Markets
Greek Stocks Surge 21%: How to Be Prepared for the Next "Surprise" out of Greece
Elliott Wave International's European Short Term Update explains why the latest rally in Greece's FT-ASE was a predictable event -- without the news or "fundamentals."
By Nathaniel Williams
2/2/2012 12:00:00 PM
Here at EWI, our analysts don't forecast based on the whims of the financial news or "fundamentals", because we know from observing market behavior for over 30 years that news and events are not the markets' driving force. Instead, we study price chart patterns -- a method we've found much more reliable at predicting trend changes. Let me show you an example using the latest stock rally in Greece.
Filed Under: bailouts, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, Greek debt
Category: European Markets
Who Downgraded France before S&P Did?
Discover how rating agencies simply endorse the judgments that stock markets make
By Nathaniel Williams
1/24/2012 2:00:00 PM
After Standard & Poor's downgraded France on Jan. 13, 2012, some analysts were shocked -- while others fiercely criticized the move. But is it S&P they should be mad at?
Filed Under: debt downgrade, europe, European debt crisis, european markets
Category: European Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/8/2012 11:00:00 PM
Since August 2011, the FTSE 100 has rallied in a series of three-wave structures. The FTSE Small Cap Index recorded lower lows in both October and November. The DAX’s retracement high this past fall was a Fibonacci 61.8% of its previous decline. Rallies were weaker in the CAC 40 and Eurostoxx 50, as both indexes have retraced about 50% of their respective sell-offs. Get the detailed analysis of these observations -- and our forecasts -- in the opening section of the January 2012 European Financial Forecast.
Filed Under: Bank of England, Bear market, Elliott wave, euro, euro stoxx 50, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: European Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
1/3/2012 5:00:00 PM
Watch our EWI's European analyst explain how a classic Elliott wave pattern unfolded in the price of Euro swaps.
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, european markets
Category: European Markets
By Laura Rispin
12/30/2011 4:00:00 PM
EWI's analysts have been anticipating and tracking the credit contagion across the European nations for the past two years. Elliott Wave International subscribers were first alerted to the still-developing European debt crisis back in December 2009.
Filed Under: europe, European debt crisis, investment decisions
Category: European Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/22/2011 5:45:00 PM
At EWI, our main forecasting tool is Elliott wave analysis. But our analysts also use a number of other, supporting technical indicators. Keltner Channels are one of the favorite technical analysis tools the editor of our European Short Term Update Chris Carolan uses. Watch this free video for more >>
Filed Under: AEX, bailouts, CAC40, DAX, Elliott wave, eu, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, FTSE, technical analysis, technical indicators, trading lessons, video
Category: European Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
12/16/2011 5:15:00 PM
Credit rating agencies can upgrade or downgrade their ratings of financial institutions, but they don't determine the safety of those institutions -- the market does. An EU crackdown wouldn't change the market's underlying reality.
Filed Under: europe, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone
Category: European Markets
Germany's DAX Index Rallies on Barrage of…BAD News?
EWI's European Intraday Stocks Specialty Service shows how the latest market rally was anticipated by the near-term Elliott wave picture
By Nico Isaac
12/9/2011 5:30:00 PM
On December 9, Germany’s DAX enjoyed a huge, triple-digit rally DESPITE a slew of bad news longer than Al Capone's rap sheet: i.e. A cut in German's 2012 growth prospects AND sharp decline in the country's exports in October. The market's surge in the midst of such dismal data makes no fundamental sense. It does, however, make Elliott wave sense.
Filed Under: DAX, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, fundamental analysis
Category: European Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/5/2011 5:00:00 PM
Every recent stock rally in Europe ignites the hope that the worst of the debt crisis is finally over. Yet every mini-crash that follows mocks those hopes once again... and again... We watched ups and downs like these in 2007-2009, too.
Filed Under: bailouts, Bank of England, CAC40, DAX, economic depression, Elliott wave, eu, euro, euro stoxx 50, euro/USD exchange rate, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, FTSE, soverign debt crisis, Swiss Market Index (SMI)
Category: European Markets
By Paul DeBoer
12/2/2011 2:00:00 PM
How many European bankers does it take to change a light bulb? That's a joke in search of an answer, but EWI's European analyst Brian Whitmer explained five months ago that the "light bulb moment" was coming -- that’s the time when most people would clearly recognize the severity of the European debt crisis. He offered this spot-on analysis back in July 2011, before the larger world came to know recently how bad things really are in the eurozone.
Filed Under: european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, Greek debt
Category: European Markets
By Nico Isaac
11/30/2011 4:45:00 PM
For weeks on end, the European debt crisis has seemed like an all-eyes-on-the-asteroid hurtling toward earth. It appeared to get closer by the day; but no one could say if the asteroid would burn up mid-air, or crash into the global economy surface and annihilate the financial world as we know it. BUT on Wednesday November 30, the round-the-clock Euro death watch suddenly stopped. European stock markets rocketed to a one-week high, led by a stellar 4%-plus rally in the bellwether Euro Stoxx 50 index.
Filed Under: central banks, debt crisis, euro stoxx 50, europe, European debt crisis, european markets
Category: European Markets
Markets Aren't Rational
EWI's Brian Whitmer shows how the European financial markets move despite the news
By Debbie Iseler
11/23/2011 2:45:00 PM
As the news from Europe about bailouts and the euro's viability changes by the hour, EWI's European editor, Brian Whitmer, doesn't see the uncertainty as a problem. In fact, he points out that when uncertainty blooms, you can really see that markets aren't rational and that Elliott waves tend to become even clearer.
Filed Under: brian whitmer, Club EWI, eu, euro, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone
Category: European Markets
By Susan C. Walker
11/23/2011 2:00:00 PM
It's getting harder to borrow in Europe, because lenders aren't so eager to lend.
Filed Under: europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, eurozone
Category: European Markets
By Alexandra Lienhard
11/18/2011 12:00:00 PM
EWI's European analyst, Brian Whitmer, explains to Yahoo! Finance Breakout host, Jeff Macke, why the U.S. markets are entangled in the EU crisis. Whitmer says the Athens Composite gives us a perfect indication of where the Dow or the FTSE are headed in the future. Watch the video below to hear Whitmer explain how peripheral Europe is the closest thing we have to a crystal ball.
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Category: European Markets
By Alexandra Lienhard
11/16/2011 1:00:00 PM
Enjoy this 16-minute long interview with EWI's European Financial Forecast editor, Brian Whitmer.
Filed Under: eurozone, eu, soverign debt crisis, europe, brian whitmer, Greek debt, interview, Club EWI
Category: European Markets
By Gary Grimes
11/11/2011 3:45:00 PM
In 1999, 11 European countries surrendered their currencies for the euro and a shared monetary authority. But as the world applauded, EWI forecast that those countries had also sealed a shared fate: to eventually collapse together in a liquidity-driven deflationary spiral.
Filed Under: euro, eurozone, monetary policy
Category: European Markets
The Hidden Risk on a “Hedged Position”
How the International Swaps Dealer Association crippled the sovereign bond credit default swaps market -- and why that matters to you
By Jason Farkas
11/10/2011 2:00:00 PM
Jefferies & Co, Inc. just announced that they have reduced their holdings of European sovereign debt by $2.2 billion. But just last week -- and for months prior – many holders of European debt declared themselves to be “hedged” against any risks via credit default swaps (CDS). Here's what might be happening...
Filed Under: debt crisis, debt downgrade, derivatives, European debt crisis, European Union (EU), eurozone, Greek debt
Category: European Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
11/4/2011 6:00:00 PM
In times of uncertainty -- when emotions run high and no one knows what will happen next -- the mainstream financial community is usually gripped by confusion and panic. And yet it's precisely at these sorts of "flash crash" moments that Elliott wave analysis shines, as wave patterns in price charts become clear. Why?
Filed Under: debt crisis, debt downgrade, economic depression, Elliott wave, European Union (EU), euro, euro stoxx 50, eurozone, euro/USD exchange rate, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, European Union (EU), eurozone, Greek debt
Category: European Markets