S&P500: How to Know the Trend at a Glance
An example of how Elliott wave analysis helps you cut through the guesswork

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/10/2012 5:00:00 PM

When you trade stocks, the question is always the same: What's the trend? Looking at the market's "fundamentals" today, you'd probably agree that it's a tough call. Europe is tanking, but maybe it's not so bad; U.S. jobs market is improving, but not as well as we'd like. Is the Fed done "stimulating"? Will the ECB lower interest rates? And on, and on. Here's how Elliott wave analysis helps you cut through the guesswork...

Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Interest Rates, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, trade targets, trading lessons, trendlines

Category: Stocks

German Bund Yields Drop to Record Lows: Enjoy It While It Lasts
Can you apply a method like Elliott to forecasting bonds?

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/7/2012 9:15:00 PM

Bonds are a stepchild of the financial news world. Stocks, forex, energy, commodities -- all those markets get their spotlight many times a day on financial TV and in other media. Bonds, not so much. Bonds are complicated. For starters, there are lots of different bonds: Treasury, sovereign, agency, municipal, corporate; high-grade and high-yield (a.k.a. junk), etc. Then you have bond prices and bond yields; when one goes up, the other one goes down… Now multiply that across a dozen different nations. There is a lot going on.

Filed Under: Bear market, debt, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, europe, European debt crisis, eurozone, Interest Rates, safe haven, trade targets, U.S. Treasuries

Category: Interest Rates

Can You Spot the One Financial Myth From This List?
Exposing widely-held but false notions about financial markets and the economy

By Bob Stokes
4/24/2012 5:45:00 PM

In the list, all of the statements are true except one. Can you pick out the myth?...

Filed Under: Elliott wave, Interest Rates, investor psychology, market myths, personal finance, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)

Category: U.S. Economy

London Prices Falling Down, Falling Down: What Inflation?
EWI's European Financial Forecast has a mountain of evidence proving that the looming threat in Europe is not inflation.

By Nico Isaac
4/17/2012 3:15:00 PM

Despite what you may have heard about ever-higher prices on High Street -- London's equivalent of the shopping nexus Rodeo Drive -- the real numbers do NOT lie: Since topping in late 2011, both Britain's Retail Price Index and Consumer Price Index have fallen to multi-year lows. Today, we present a "mountain of evidence" against the growing legion of Europe's die-hard inflationists.

Filed Under: Bank of England, central banks, europe, european markets, inflation, Interest Rates, monetary policy

Category: European Markets

Fed: No Rate Hikes Through 2014. What Does It Mean for Stocks?
The answer is NOT what you might be expecting

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/25/2012 5:45:00 PM

On January 25, Ben Bernanke spoke no surprises: The Fed's interest rate policy will be unchanged for another two years. Question: What does this mean for the stock market through 2014? Let me show you how quickly you can get lost if you try to answer this question using "fundamental" analysis.

Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Bob Prechter, djia, Elliott wave, Interest Rates, market forecasts, prechter, S&P 500, technical analysis, technical indicators, unemployment

Category: Stocks

Can The Fed Rebuild The US Housing Market?
Robert Prechter's latest Elliott Wave Theorist shows you compelling evidence on whether the wait for a housing recovery is almost over

By Nico Isaac
1/23/2012 5:30:00 PM

As the leading US economists look ahead to the future, they see one glaring obstacle standing in the way to lasting recovery: the still, defunct real estate market. And, according to many mainstream experts, there is one surefire way to turn the housing sector around: government stimulus, stimulus, and more stimulus.

Filed Under: central banks, home sales, housing prices, Interest Rates, prechter, Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street

Category: Real Estate

U.S. Bonds: Loved By No One... But Outperforms Them All. Learn Why
Newsflash: U.S. bonds outperform U.S. stocks! Another investment theme EWI got right -- here's how

By Nico Isaac
1/12/2012 4:45:00 PM

On the financial playground, long-term bonds are generally the last picked for the winning team -- well behind equities, commodities, high-yield (junk) bonds, even the barely established emerging markets. The reason being: the amount of time it takes to actually reap the fruits of your return. BUT, as a January 5, 2012 CNBC articlereveals, the asset that supposedly nobody loves has outperformed them all.

Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, deflation, Elliott wave, emerging markets, hyperinflation, inflation, Interest Rates, liquidity, prechter, QE2, quantitative easing, social mood, Treasury bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries

Category: U.S. Economy

A Not-So-Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Economic Recovery
If this is what a "recovery" looks like, imagine the "economic reversal"

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

Do Low Interest Rates Power Stocks Higher?
This chart debunks a long-held myth.

By Bob Stokes
12/7/2011 5:00:00 PM

A market commentator recently opined that stocks aren't being kept afloat by hopes for a European debt solution, but then claimed that the real reason to be bullish is very low interest rates. What does the evidence show? Take a look at the chart...

Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Elliott wave, Nasdaq Composite, Treasury bills (T-bills), Interest Rates

Category: Stocks