By Alexandra Lienhard
1/25/2012 3:30:00 PM
In this video clip, taken from Robert Prechter's interview with The Mind of Money, Prechter and host Douglass Lodmell discuss "real" money vs the FIAT money system, and what is backing your dollars under our current system.
Filed Under: video, Robert Prechter, deflation, real money, credit crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
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 Editorial Staff
1/10/2012 10:45:00 AM
Many people think that government intervention in the credit markets will cause major inflation. It's a complex issue to understand, but perhaps this analogy will help clarify what has really been happening.
Filed Under: banks, central banks, consumer credit, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S., deflation, inflation, prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Debbie Iseler
12/20/2011 11:15:00 AM
More credit is denominated in U.S. dollars than any other currency. What does this mean for the value of the dollar as the credit crisis continues its strangle-hold on the world economies? Enjoy this video clip of Bob Prechter.
Filed Under: credit crisis, forex, prechter, U.S. dollar, video
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
11/30/2011 4:30:00 PM
Fifteen major U.S. and European banks were just downgraded by Standard & Poor's. Please consider this insightful excerpt from a recent Elliott Wave Theorist titled, "The Coming Worldwide Bank run"...
Filed Under: bailouts, central banks, Club EWI, credit crisis, debt downgrade, european central bank, European debt crisis, liquidity, Robert Prechter, soverign debt crisis, stimulus package
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
11/23/2011 4:30:00 PM
Financial history shows that every true credit boom is followed by a credit bust. See the "nudging finger" that will topple the "first domino"...
Filed Under: credit crisis, deflation, economic depression, European debt crisis, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
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
10/26/2011 4:45:00 PM
Is the trend reversal in the decades-long government job growth part of a bigger deflationary trend? Will government layoffs mean unemployment rates well above the current 9.1%?...
Filed Under: credit crisis, debt ceiling, debt crisis, deflation, Elliott wave
Category: U.S. Economy
By Nico Isaac
10/21/2011 2:45:00 PM
Few mainstream commentators anticipated Goldman Sachs' recent decline. Yet it's hard to blame them, because they simply aren't equipped to anticipate trend changes. Most of the time they simply extrapolate the previous trend into the future. Goldman has been a Wall Street powerhouse for decades -- so why would that ever change?
Filed Under: bailouts, banks, Bear Stearns, credit crisis, Elliott wave, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers
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
Will The Fed's "Operation Twist" Turn The Economy Around?
Why is Ben Bernanke's goal lower interest rates when EWI's Short Term Update's chart shows that 10-year bond yields are already at a five-decade low?
By Nico Isaac
9/20/2011 3:30:00 PM
Get out your dancing shoes, cuz this Wednesday (September 21) the Federal Reserve Bank is widely expected to "do the twist" -- "Operation Twist,"that is. The strategy (named for the Chubby Checker tune), was first introduced in the 1960s as a tried -- and failed -- method of using monetary policy to turn (or twist) the yield curve in a favorable, i.e. economic growth-inducing, direction.
Filed Under: Bernanke, central banks, credit crisis, debt, Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, Short Term Update, Treasury bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries
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
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
By Bob Stokes
7/5/2011 5:30:00 PM
States and cities took on large obligations when economic times were good, on the assumption that they'd have enough revenue to pay those bills in the future. But now many of those bills are due and they don't have the funds. The economy went south. To extrapolate the present into the future is unwise because trends change. You need the best method for anticipating major trend changes.We believe that best method is...
Filed Under: credit crisis, deficit, economic depression, municipal bonds, unemployment
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
6/30/2011 4:15:00 PM
The build-up of credit in our financial system is beyond rare; it's unprecedented in at least the past 100 years of U.S. history. See the chart...
Filed Under: consumer credit, credit crisis, credit rating, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, gross domestic product (GDP), history, monetary policy, Robert Prechter, safe haven
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
6/21/2011 5:15:00 PM
Will the financial crisis spread from "peripheral" Europe to "core" Europe? Is that the "next phase" of Europe's debt crisis?...
Filed Under: bailouts, credit crisis, credit rating, european central bank, European Union (EU), eurozone, Greek debt, Irish debt crisis, soverign debt crisis
Category: European Markets
By Bob Stokes
6/7/2011 4:45:00 PM
America obviously has a debt crisis of its own. This is not to say the U.S. is currently in the same dire financial straits as Greece, etc. -- or that America's economic future will unfold in the same manner. Yet...
Filed Under: bailouts, credit crisis, credit rating, deficit, deflation, European Union (EU), Greek debt, Irish debt crisis, Sovereign Debt
Category: U.S. Economy
Current Echoes of the Old Mania
EWI's May Financial Forecast reveals whether these familiar notes are the sounds of a new bull market
By Nico Isaac
5/11/2011 12:15:00 PM
In the decade leading to the end of the Great Asset Mania in 2007, a rising tide of credit expansion drove many major financial market trends in remarkable harmony. Yet in 2009 this correlation seemed to diverge: stocks, precious metals, and oil moved contra-cyclically. But today, the trend in those markets is aligned once again.
Filed Under: bull market, credit crisis, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), gold futures, mania, market forecasts, mutual funds, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), silver, U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasuries, unemployment, Wall Street
Category: Stocks