By Bob Stokes
1/25/2012 4:15:00 PM
Did you know the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) only has enough funds to cover a small fraction of bank deposits -- in the event of widespread bank failures?...
Filed Under: banks, economic depression, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), investment decisions, risk management
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
1/10/2012 10:45:00 AM
Many people think that government intervention in the credit markets will cause major inflation. It's a complex issue to understand, but perhaps this analogy will help clarify what has really been happening.
Filed Under: banks, central banks, consumer credit, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S., deflation, inflation, prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
12/15/2011 5:30:00 PM
After reading this, you may wonder how healthy the "economic recovery" really is...
Filed Under: banks, debt downgrade, deflation, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Interest Rates, monetary policy, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
12/12/2011 5:30:00 PM
Will the EU agreement prove bullish or bearish for world stock markets, including the Dow Industrials? Let's put it this way...
Filed Under: bailouts, banks, Dow Industrials, Elliott Wave Principle, European debt crisis, European Union (EU), Fannie Mae, stimulus package, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
12/6/2011 5:15:00 PM
Even though the economy remains weak, the Fed has not announced additional quantitative easing. Has the central bank reached its monetary and political limit?...
Filed Under: banks, central banks, deflation, inflation, monetary policy, monetization, quantitative easing, social mood, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
10/27/2011 4:30:00 PM
On Thursday, the EU agreed to expand a bailout fund, and the euro surged, pushing the EUR/USD above $1.42 for the first time in weeks. Question: Is this a start of a real bull trend against the U.S. dollar, or a temporary relief?
Filed Under: bailouts, banks, Elliott Wave trading, Elliott wave, euro, european central bank, European debt crisis, forex, forex trading, Greek debt, U.S. dollar
Category: Currencies
Earnings: Stock Market's Brightest False Beacon
"Earnings estimators are too pessimistic at bottoms and too optimistic at tops," explains EWI's president Robert Prechter
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
10/24/2011 3:15:00 PM
Four times a year, investors and Wall Street watch the quarterly corporate earnings reports, trying to anticipate the trend in stocks. Another earnings season is upon us right now -- so read this excerpt and see these two charts...
Filed Under: banks, Club EWI, diversification, double dip, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), earnings, economic depression, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
10/21/2011 2:45:00 PM
Few mainstream commentators anticipated Goldman Sachs' recent decline. Yet it's hard to blame them, because they simply aren't equipped to anticipate trend changes. Most of the time they simply extrapolate the previous trend into the future. Goldman has been a Wall Street powerhouse for decades -- so why would that ever change?
Filed Under: bailouts, banks, Bear Stearns, credit crisis, Elliott wave, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
10/19/2011 4:00:00 PM
Many people dismissed the forecasts in Conquer the Crash when it published. Yet many of Prechter's forecasts were spot on -- and there's more to come...
Filed Under: banks, conquer the crash, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
9/27/2011 5:15:00 PM
What about the safety and stability of the banking system? The September Elliott Wave Theorist states...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit rating, municipal bonds, Robert Prechter, banks
Category: U.S. Economy