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
Investment Banks Charged with "Murder" of Mortgage Boom in the First Degree
EWI foresaw a legal blitz against investment banks long before the financial boom went bust. Now, EWI's brand-new, September 2011 Financial Forecast brings you the latest
By Nico Isaac
9/6/2011 2:30:00 PM
Financial historians have now cleared yet another page in their 2011 books for the date of September 2, also known as the "Friday Night Massacre." On that day, the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency -- on behalf of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- filed a $196 billion lawsuit against 17 of the nation's top-tier investment banks.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
7/27/2011 5:15:00 PM
A few who take the first "bath" realize that it's time to get out. But many "hang on" all the down. Some will try to catch the bottom -- repeatedly. But to their dismay, the price keeps falling...
Filed Under: buy and hold, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, mania, risk management, stock indexes, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
Get One Global Perspective for 40+ Global Markets
With more than 50 charts on 100 pages, EWI's Global Market Perspective is the most comprehensive source of Elliott wave analysis you'll ever find.
By Nathaniel Williams
7/8/2011 5:45:00 PM
When it comes to global investing, the range of opportunities is practically endless. That's where Global Market Perspective's team of 10 analysts come in...
Filed Under: ASX All Ordinaries, CAC40, DAX, European Union (EU), euro, euro stoxx 50, eurozone, euro/USD exchange rate, europe, European Union (EU), eurozone, Fannie Mae, FTSE, Nikkei, S&P 500, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, Shanghai Composite Index, Taiwan index, U.S. dollar
Category: Global Markets
By Bob Stokes
1/27/2011 4:15:00 PM
Much of what makes a "home and hearth" cannot be measured in dollars and cents. Even so, it's not wise to ignore the financial facts of residential real estate...
Filed Under: consumer spending, credit crisis, economic depression, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, housing prices, subprime lending
Category: Real Estate
Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part XI
The world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests myth #10: "Central banks and government policies control the markets” -- and brings you yet another surprising conclusion
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/6/2011 11:30:00 AM
This is Part XI of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president tests myth #10: "Central banks and government policies control the markets” -- and brings you yet another surprising conclusion.
Filed Under: bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), earnings, Elliott Wave Principle, Fannie Mae, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), Freddie Mac, inflation, investor psychology, market manipulation, monetary policy, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
1/4/2011 3:15:00 PM
Elliott Wave International wasn't around during the Great Depression of 1929. But we were here for the most recent financial flameout in 2007 -- when the most inflated credit environment in all of history entangled itself around the engine of economic growth and sent it hurtling toward a fiery collapse. And contrary to the popular belief that the still continuing meltdown was an unforeseeable event, Elliott Wave International's team of analysts stayed ahead of the bursting of the economy's biggest balloons
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, credit crisis, crude oil, eurozone, eurozone, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, great depression, housing prices, quantitative easing, subprime lending, Wall Street
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
10/6/2010 11:30:00 AM
This is Part VI of our multi-part series of questions and answers with Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International and the world's foremost authority on Elliott wave analysis. We are posting a new part every business day, so come back to elliottwave.com tomorrow for more!
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, U.S. Treasuries, Treasury bonds, Fannie Mae, inflation, derivatives
Category: Stocks
By Editorial Staff
10/4/2010 12:30:00 PM
This is Part IV of our multi-part series of questions and answers with Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International and the world's foremost authority on Elliott wave analysis. We are posting a new part every business day, so come back to elliottwave.com tomorrow for more!
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), Barack Obama, 1929 Stock Market Crash, Fannie Mae, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
8/10/2010 3:45:00 PM
Since 2008, the nation's largest mortgage lender Fannie Mae has gone from being the Daddy Warbucks of finance to the personification of Dickens' street urchin begging month after month for "some more, please" in federal aid. The firm's most recent bailout request came on August 5, 2010 for $1.5 billion, bringing the grand two-year total in assistance to $86 billion.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, housing prices
Category: Real Estate
By Nico Isaac
6/22/2010 7:00:00 PM
On June 16, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced plans to voluntarily delist their shares from the New York Stock Exchange, ending a union that began in 1968 and 1970 respectively, and dissolving a partnership that firmly established the two mortgage giants as financial royalty.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
5/19/2010 2:45:00 PM
Federal, state, and local officials can't even keep their own "financial houses" in order -- massive deficits at every level of governments are run of the mill news these days. How can you expect them to help your finances?
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
Mortgage Rates Headed Higher
Hard as they may try, the government doesn’t control the market.
By Jason Farkas
3/18/2010 12:00:00 PM
The Fed can “claim victory” on its bond-purchase program, the mortgage-backed security (MBS) program that buys debt issued by government-sponsored enterprises (GSE), such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. However, they had better hurry up and claim victory, because as we will show, mortgage rates now appear to be headed higher.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Susan C. Walker
10/23/2009 4:15:00 PM
Bob Prechter is issuing a second edition of Conquer the Crash with 188 new pages of real-time commentary on markets and the mounting prospects for deflation -- rather than inflation -- to become the true threat to the U.S. economy. In the first edition, he described dozens of today’s financial and economic troubles. He not only explained why they would happen but also advised readers how to protect themselves from a deflationary depression. Many of the events forecast in the book still lie ahead.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, deflation, bailouts, derivatives, Fannie Mae
Category: Classic Prechter
By Susan C. Walker
5/15/2009 5:30:00 PM
Government sanctions of any companies, whether they sell mortgages or rate bonds, can lead only to disaster, writes Bob Prechter.
Filed Under: municipal bonds, Fannie Mae
Category: Classic Prechter
By Nico Isaac
3/13/2009 4:15:00 PM
Suppose that all the conventional financial wisdom you've ever heard was written onto a large chalkboard -- and then someone gave you an eraser, a box of chalk, and the knowledge of how financial markets Really work. That may be the kind of vision you'd have after reading Bob Prechter’s best selling book “Conquer The Crash.” As the saying goes, you'll never think about the social, financial, or political world in the same way again.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, credit crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
By Euan Wilson
9/23/2008 1:30:00 PM
From the time the founders drafted the Constitution, Presidents and the Congress have often been in a tug-of-war over the scope of executive power. But this time, it's different. The expansion of executive power is not because of national security, war, or political scandal. This time, the president wants power without precedent because the debt-based, monopoly-currency financial system has failed.
Filed Under: bailouts, bailouts, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, U.S. dollar
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
9/19/2008 4:00:00 PM
Government officials and newspaper editorials, even those from skeptical writers, have been unanimous in claiming that a bailout, no matter how unpleasant, was “necessary.” But this is nonsense. Find out why.
Filed Under: bailouts, bailouts, Wall Street, short selling, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Category: Classic Prechter
By Peter Kendall
9/17/2008 4:00:00 PM
The infinity-or-bust syndrome holds that in an unfolding bear market, it is theoretically possible for a formerly high flying stock (such as Fannie Mae) to plunge, sometimes by “80%, 90% and 98%,” an infinite number of times – allowing the shorts to have a field day over and over again.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
9/12/2008 3:00:00 PM
Now, with the Dow in decline and the current problems with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Lehman on the front pages, more people may want to know exactly what Bob Prechter has forecast for the U.S. economy.
Filed Under: Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, great depression, 1929 Stock Market Crash, market crash, Bear market, South Sea Bubble
Category: Classic Prechter