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Goldman Sachs Company Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part II
The firm's history suggests its vulnerability in periods of negative social mood.

By Editorial Staff
4/20/2010 12:15:00 PM

In the November 2009 issue of Elliott Wave International's monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, co-editors Steven Hochberg and Peter Kendall published a careful study of Goldman Sachs company history -- and made a sobering forecast for its future. In this special three-part series, we are releasing the entire Special Report to you. Here is Part II; please come back later this week for Part III.

Filed Under: Goldman Sachs, Robert Prechter, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, AIG

Category: Stocks


3 BIG Reasons To Avoid Stocks

By Susan C. Walker
8/7/2009 5:00:00 PM

Here are 3 reasons why you should make sure that your investment capital is not invested “long” in stocks, stock mutual funds, stock index futures, stock options or any other equity-based investment or speculation.

Filed Under: AIG, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)

Category: Classic Prechter


The Real Threat to the Average Investor (it ain't AIG)
Now, before all this tempts you to go stuff your money in a mattress...

By Robert Folsom
3/27/2009 5:15:00 PM

"Self-inflicted wound" is a fitting analogy, but if you need a more scientific phrase, the best one is "cognitive bias"

Filed Under: AIG

Category: Stocks


"Here's the Dirty Little Secret: Most of the Stuff Was Perfectly Legal"
An unquenched thirst for revenge is dangerous indeed

By Robert Folsom
3/20/2009 5:45:00 PM

President Obama has had plenty to say about the financial crisis, yet I think his most noteworthy comment to date came during his recent Tonight Show appearance...

Filed Under: AIG

Category: U.S. Economy


What the Devil Himself Could Only Envy
Their conduct is so egregious and the public so angry

By Robert Folsom
3/19/2009 5:15:00 PM

In the same way that Madoff has rewritten the history of Ponzi schemes, the Merry Counterparties have redefined what it means to game the system. It's happening right before our eyes.

Filed Under: AIG

Category: U.S. Economy


AIG: “A Hedge Fund with No Hedges”?
The name "hedge funds" hardly fits.

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/18/2009 6:15:00 PM

Several recent reports have pointed out that, in the years before its global train wreck, AIG ran itself less like an insurance company and more like a hedge fund. On that, read this quote about modern-day hedge funds from the May 2008 Elliott Wave Theorist by EWI’s founder and president Bob Prechter.

Filed Under: AIG, hedge funds, options trading

Category: Stocks


Reconciling Logic With the AIG Bailout Program
Why arguments over AIG miss the real culprits.

By Gary Grimes
3/17/2009 1:30:00 PM

Everyone knows the old cliché that says, "you can't have your cake and eat it, too." Well, in the current economic crisis, no "cake" is bigger than AIG.

Filed Under: deflation, AIG, bailouts

Category: U.S. Economy


Will Gold Provide Shelter From The Storm?
The not-so safety of “safe haven” thinking

By Nico Isaac
9/23/2008 5:00:00 PM

As the stock market continues its violent 400-point swings back and forth, one question floods the minds of investors across the country: Where is a secure place to park my money, besides the floor boards? And, like a broken record, the conventional wisdom repeats, “Gold, gold, gold…”  Are they right?

Filed Under: gold futures, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, safe haven

Category: Gold and Silver


U.S. Banks Refuse A Lending Hand
Could anyone have foreseen the banks' push for tighter lending standards?

By Nico Isaac
7/28/2008 6:30:00 PM

In times of panic, a drowning man will often pull his rescuer down under water with him. So it goes, one of the most dangerous threats to a Lifeguard’s safety is the very person they are trying to save. Sometimes… the choice must be made to let go. For the U.S. financial sector, that time is now...

Filed Under: Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, AIG

Category: U.S. Economy