Elliott Wave International - Expert Financial Market Forecasting

Is The Housing Crisis Finally Over? The REAL State of Real Estate

by Nico Isaac
9/29/2009 2:00:00 PM

On the morning of Tuesday September 29, the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite Home Price Index reported a 1.6% rise in July, the third monthly increase in a row. Seconds later, the mainstream experts openly declared -- Ding Dong, the Housing Crisis Witch Is Dead.

Filed Under: Real Estate, housing, bottom, home prices
Category: Real Estate

I'm Not An Analyst. I Just Played One At the San Francisco Money Show

by Nico Isaac
8/26/2009 4:45:00 PM

This past Sunday, Aug. 23, my esteemed colleague and chief market analyst here at EWI Steven Hochberg (we call him "Steve" at the office) gave a powerful speech at the 30^th Annual San Francisco Money Show. I tagged along to hand out complimentary reading material to his guests.

Filed Under: San Francisco Money Show, us economy, housing market, credit, bottom
Category: Economy

Banking Crisis: The Fish Is Starting To Stink
and that so-called "bottom" is nowhere to be found

by Nico Isaac
8/17/2009 4:30:00 PM
Filed Under: us banking sector, banking crisis, bottom
Category: Economy

Has the Banking Sector Finally Hit Bottom?

by Nico Isaac
7/13/2009 5:30:00 PM

After two years of what has been described as financial "doomsday," "Dante's Inferno," and "the Devil's Arcade" -- some big-named banking stocks have started to boldly go where no corporate share has gone in a really, really long time: UP. According to many mainstream experts, the green shoots and bright spots are surefire signs that the worst is finally behind the sector

Filed Under: banking stocks, financial sector, bottom, Banks
Category: Economy

How Low Will The Stock Market Go?

by Nico Isaac
10/22/2008 10:00:00 AM

"Who will be the next President of the United States?" may be the top question on the minds of Americans today, but right behind it is this one: Is the stock market's October 10 low the FINAL bottom?

Filed Under: u.s. stock market, dow jones industrial average, Dow, S&P 500, bottom
Category: Stocks

'Buy-and-Hold' -- A Bull Market Trait?
Do financial investors act "rationally" when making decisions about when to buy or sell stocks?

by Nico Isaac
2/29/2008 4:45:00 PM

More times than we can count, financial investors act completely against reason. The harder stocks fall, and the worse the economic data, the stronger becomes the public's faith in the future of the overall market. "Rational"? We think not. Regular -- however -- it is very much so. Seeing is believing via our graphic illustration...

Filed Under: rational, dow jones industrial average, NYSE, Wall Street, bottom, buy-and-hold
Category: Stocks

Hang Seng Hit Bottom Again?
After a near 30% slide from its October 2007 peak, the mainstream "experts" have called a bottom to the Hang Seng index's decline.

by Nico Isaac
2/28/2008 9:45:00 AM

In 2008, the Chinese zodiac cycle kicked off the Year Of The Rat. According to tradition, this marks a time of renewal, protection, and prosperity. Yet, as far as the performance of the major stock averages in and around the People's Republic goes -- share prices have been colder than the winter, frostbiting blizzards blowing into Shanghai. Yet as for calling the end of the Hang Seng's sell-off, the usual suspects have seen more "bottoms" than a seat cushion....

Filed Under: Hong Kong, Hang Seng, year of rat, China Railway Construction, bottom, bargain hunting, blow-off
Category: Asian Markets