By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/1/2012 9:15:00 AM
To continue the "global investments" theme started by the recent interview with EWI's Asian-Pacific analyst about the markets in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, I also sat down with our own Brian Whitmer, EWI's European stock market analyst. -- Brian, these days it's easier than ever to get exposure to global markets, especially given the explosion in ETFs. But there are too many markets to focus on, and too many opinions about them. You chose Elliott wave analysis as your market-forecasting method. Why Elliott? Why not just watch the news, like most investors? Brian Whitmer: To be successful in the market, you need...
Filed Under: AEX, bailouts, Bank of England, brian whitmer, CAC40, DAX, debt crisis, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, eu, euro, euro stoxx 50, euro/USD exchange rate, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, FTSE, Swiss Market Index (SMI), technical analysis
Category: Global Markets
Markets Aren't Rational
EWI's Brian Whitmer shows how the European financial markets move despite the news
By Debbie Iseler
11/23/2011 2:45:00 PM
As the news from Europe about bailouts and the euro's viability changes by the hour, EWI's European editor, Brian Whitmer, doesn't see the uncertainty as a problem. In fact, he points out that when uncertainty blooms, you can really see that markets aren't rational and that Elliott waves tend to become even clearer.
Filed Under: brian whitmer, Club EWI, eu, euro, europe, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone
Category: European Markets
By Alexandra Lienhard
11/16/2011 1:00:00 PM
Enjoy this 16-minute long interview with EWI's European Financial Forecast editor, Brian Whitmer.
Filed Under: eurozone, eu, soverign debt crisis, europe, brian whitmer, Greek debt, interview, Club EWI
Category: European Markets
By Nathaniel Williams
9/6/2011 3:45:00 PM
The just-published September 2011 European Financial Forecast opens with this sentence: "The fuel is in place for a massive bear market firestorm." These words are startling, but they weren't written this month -- they originally published in the Dec. 31, 2010 issue.
Filed Under: brian whitmer, europe, European debt crisis
Category: European Markets
By Susan C. Walker
9/2/2011 5:00:00 PM
Is it a bird or is it a plane? Neither. It's Superman. Is it the start of a new downturn in the global economy or a temporary slow patch? Neither. It's...
Filed Under: brian whitmer, eurozone
Category: Global Markets
By Debbie Iseler
7/15/2011 5:15:00 PM
The European Banking Authority announced Friday that 8 banks had failed their stress tests and 16 more had narrowly passed. But the results drew much criticism from analysts, who said that the stress test is not strict enough...
Filed Under: brian whitmer, credit crisis, European Union (EU), europe, European debt crisis, European Union (EU), Irish debt crisis, Sovereign Debt, soverign debt crisis
Category: European Markets
Riots in Greece and European Bailouts - A Powerful Portrait
Everyone wonders "What Greece will mean to the markets," but what they should ask is, "What have the markets ALREADY meant to Greece?"
By Jill Noble
7/1/2011 1:45:00 PM
Greek individuals are fundamentally no different today than they were in 2007, and neither is the Greek economy. What is different is Greece's stock market, which means that, in the aggregate, society's mood is the polar opposite of four years ago.
Filed Under: bailouts, brian whitmer, Elliott wave, European Union (EU), europe, Greek debt, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, soverign debt crisis
Category: European Markets
European Union at the Crossroads: What's Next?
Financial authorities sealed individual European countries' fates long ago when they accumulated too much debt, says an Elliott wave expert
By Alexandra Lienhard
6/6/2011 4:30:00 PM
Elliott Wave International's European Financial Forecast Editor Brian Whitmer has been one step ahead of the European debt crisis, and each month he gives you big-picture analysis you won't find from mainstream experts on either side of the pond.
Filed Under: eurozone, European Union (EU), soverign debt crisis, europe, brian whitmer, Greek debt
Category: European Markets