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
By Bob Stokes
1/10/2012 5:15:00 PM
It's time to learn specific steps on how to financially protect yourself before the economy sinks even deeper into a deflationary depression. Indeed, you can even position yourself to prosper in the months ahead. How?...
Filed Under: Club EWI, commercial real estate, conquer the crash, deflation, foreclosures, mania
Category: Real Estate
By Hope Welborn
12/28/2011 2:15:00 PM
Now is a good time to look back over the past year and assess your finances. Do you have the information needed to make wise decisions in the next year? Prepare and take action now so that you'll be ready for what's ahead.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S., deflation, economic depression, great depression, investment decisions, personal finance, prechter, recession, risk management, Robert Prechter, safe banks, safe haven
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
12/8/2011 4:15:00 PM
The pace of the deteriorating economic trend appears to be accelerating. Our analysis suggests that it's part of a larger deflationary trend that has a long way to go. Learn how to prepare and protect yourself...
Filed Under: Club EWI, conquer the crash, deflation, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
11/29/2011 4:15:00 PM
It is true that so long as short selling in a major downtrend is allowed, the opportunity will be real indeed for investors who can manage the risk. Just beware of two facts...
Filed Under: Bear market, conquer the crash, european markets, risk management, short selling
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
11/15/2011 5:15:00 PM
A big bet on European sovereign debt was the undoing of MF Global. Our latest Financial Forecast says "...Europe is the epicenter of the credit crisis," and observes that "The current level of unpayable debt is too big to bail." It's reasonable to believe that many more financial shoes will drop. What do we see just ahead?...
Filed Under: bailouts, conquer the crash, credit crisis, credit default swaps, credit rating, debt crisis, debt downgrade, economic depression, European debt crisis, European Union (EU), eurozone, Robert Prechter, soverign debt crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
11/8/2011 5:30:00 PM
The latest Financial Forecast states: "While Europe is the epicenter of the credit crisis, the situation in the U.S. is hurtling toward the same type of abyss..." The recently published issue goes on to reveal the thought-provoking analysis behind that statement...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, credit rating, debt crisis, debt downgrade, Greek debt, soverign debt crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
By Nico Isaac
11/1/2011 2:30:00 PM
U.S. treasuries have long since been the butt of the financial joke, ridiculed for being worth little more than the paper they're issued on. The idea being: once you factor in early redemption penalties and inflation, the interest payments on long- or even short-dated securities often outweigh the capital gains. Not Anymore.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, cash, conquer the crash, credit crisis, emerging markets, inflation, investment decisions, junk bonds, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, Treasury bills (T-bills), Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasuries
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
11/1/2011 10:00:00 AM
Don't blame Martin Van Buren for America's first deflationary depression. What is more powerful than a President of the United States? The answer is...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, great depression, history, social mood, South Sea Bubble
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
Vultures Circle the US Housing Market, Again
Why EWI's team of analysts, including Bob Prechter in his Conquer the Crash, foresaw the real estate crash -- and what Elliott wave analysis suggest for housing now
By Nico Isaac
9/27/2011 4:00:00 PM
On site of the gruesome real estate crash, financial paramedics have tried every resuscitating trick in the book to revive their dying patient: Trillions of dollars in government bailouts; repeated first-time buyer tax breaks; and record low mortgage rates. Yet, the US housing market is showing no gain activity.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, conquer the crash, credit crisis, housing prices, Robert Prechter, subprime lending
Category: Real Estate
By Bob Stokes
9/15/2011 11:00:00 AM
Bursting of the "debt bubble": It's the financial story of our age and it's happening before our eyes. The full scope is hard to keep up with because it's unfolding at various levels, such as...
Filed Under: Club EWI, conquer the crash, consumer credit, debt crisis, European debt crisis, foreclosures, liquidity, Robert Prechter, soverign debt crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
8/29/2011 3:45:00 PM
The question is: If a large U.S. insurance company suffered major losses due to Europe's financial problems, what will happen to the entire insurance industry if another "economic earthquake" occurs in the United States itself? Sounding an undue alarm? Not according to Robert Prechter's economic analysis. He wrote this...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, Elliott Wave Theorist, European debt crisis, insurance industry, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
8/24/2011 5:45:00 PM
If stock pickers under-perform even in a bull market, what chances do they have when the stock market is trending down? There's a better way to handle an uncertain economy and volatile market...
Filed Under: cash, conquer the crash, risk management, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, volatility
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
"...because the current bear market is of one larger degree than that of 1929-1932, the depression it creates will be deeper, which in turn means that the unemployment rate will exceed that of 1933. The peak rate in 1933 was 25 percent. Therefore, unemployment in the U.S. should rise to about..." Read the rest of this quote from the second edition of Conquer the Crash now...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, economic depression, great depression, Robert Prechter, unemployment
Category: U.S. Economy
The Downturn Returns -- and Houses Get Crowded
"The worst thing about real estate is its lack of liquidity during a bear market." -- Robert Prechter, Conquer the Crash
By Susan C. Walker
8/19/2011 12:15:00 PM
We now all live with a massive glut of real estate, which keeps housing prices low. But either no one wants to buy or they can't afford to buy. Add to that the latest statistics on new home sales and a few other areas, such as consumer sentiment and auto sales, and you can see that the economic downturn has returned.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, consumer confidence, housing prices, social mood
Category: U.S. Economy
By Alexandra Lienhard
8/17/2011 2:00:00 PM
Robert Prechter joined CNBC hosts Bill Griffeth and Maria Bartiromo on August 10, 2011 to talk about the still-unfolding forecasts presented in his New York Times bestseller Conquer the Crash.
Filed Under: video, Robert Prechter, CNBC, conquer the crash
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/17/2011 11:15:00 AM
While he "stared down" that financial crisis, even J.P. Morgan would be no match for today's national debt. In 1907, the Wall Street legend gathered New York City's biggest bankers into his office and demanded that they had 10 minutes to...
Filed Under: central banks, conquer the crash, economic depression, history, monetary policy, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Nico Isaac
8/16/2011 5:00:00 PM
On August 12, financial officials of France, Spain, Italy and Belgium imposed a temporary ban on short selling. The move is meant to stabilize equity and financial markets after a violent rout has sent European bank shares to their lowest levels since the credit crisis of 2008. So, will this "muscle-flexing" measure save the financial day?
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, conquer the crash, credit crisis, europe, European debt crisis, short selling
Category: European Markets