By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/10/2012 6:15:00 PM
This is what a chart of the S&P 500 looks like this week (Feb. 6-10)" ... If you saw this chart on Thursday (Feb. 9), would there have been anything to give you a clue that Friday's vertical drop would erase most of the week's gains?
Filed Under: Elliott wave, European debt crisis, Greek debt, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
"Half-time" In America: Will the Second Half Really Be Better?
The brand-new, February 2012 issue of our Elliott Wave Financial Forecast examines unique market evidence to tell you whether U.S. stocks are REALLY headed for a new bull market
By Nico Isaac
2/6/2012 3:45:00 PM
In case you missed yesterday’s 2012 Super Bowl game, here are the key highlights. Final score: New York Giants beat the New England Patriots: 21-17. Most Valuable Player: Eli Manning. Most Memorable Performance by: 82-year old famed actor Clint Eastwood
Yes, you read that last detail right. The two-minute Chrysler ad narrated by Eastwood at half-time has everyone talking. The reason being...
Filed Under: bull market, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, social mood, socionomics, stock indexes, stock market cycles, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
1/19/2012 3:15:00 PM
Professional money managers are supposed to have more investment savvy than the average mutual fund shareholder. Yet some recent evidence suggests that the "investor next door" is wiser than the professionals...
Filed Under: cash, financial forecast, risk appetite, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Editorial Staff
12/22/2011 9:30:00 AM
Most people's thinking simply defaults to physics when analyzing financial events. But when we take the time to examine the results of applying that model, we find that it is not useful either for predicting or explaining market behavior.
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, cultural trends, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, fundamental analysis, investment decisions, investor psychology, prechter, Prechter's Perspective, Robert Prechter, sentiment, social mood, socionomics, stock indexes, stock market cycles, technical analysis
Category: Classic Prechter
By Editorial Staff
12/20/2011 10:45:00 AM
We have already seen that economic performance, earnings and inflation do not necessarily coincide with movements in apparently related financial markets. Is there any evidence that dramatic news events that make headlines, such as terrorist attacks, political events, wars, crises or any such events are causal to stock market movement?
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, investment decisions, investor psychology, market forecasts, market myths, Robert Prechter, social mood, stock indexes, technical analysis, terrorist attacks
Category: Classic Prechter
By Nico Isaac
11/28/2011 3:15:00 PM
In case you're only just now emerging from a turkey coma, here's the latest in stock market news: When the closing bell was said and rung on Friday, November 25, US stocks had capped their worst Thanksgiving week-drop in nearly 80 years (circa 1932). But that was then. Come Monday, November 28, the mainstream financial media observed a Patti LaBull "new attitude" among US stocks as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketed 300-plus points in early going.
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), europe, European debt crisis, stock indexes, Elliott Wave trading
Category: Stocks
STOCK, Drop, and Roll: How Long Will The Bulls Get Burned?
EWI's US Intraday Stocks Specialty Service shows you the critical details that explain where stocks are likely headed in the short term
By Nico Isaac
11/21/2011 6:00:00 PM
Over the last week, the US stock market has endured one triple-digit surge...after a triple-digit slide -- culminating in its worst five-session performance since September. Not helping matters is the mainstream analysts' INABILITY to stay in front of the turns. Elliott wave analysis helps to alleviate the main source of investor fear -- the element of the unknown -- by actually anticipating the market's twists.
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, stock indexes, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
40+ Global Markets: Is the Drama Yet to Unfold?
…or are markets back to their winning ways? The new Global Market Perspective gives you answers
By Nathaniel Williams
11/16/2011 10:45:00 AM
You may not have realized that in real terms, 6 of the 8 major Asian-Pacific markets Global Market Perspective covers each month still trade below their peaks of the early 1990s -- or even the late 1980s. Does that mean that the Asian bull markets have been a "fake"?
Filed Under: Chinese markets, currency, euro, eurozone, Gold, market forecasts, stock indexes, Treasury bonds
Category: Global Markets
By Bob Stokes
11/9/2011 4:45:00 PM
So why did the Dow Industrials fall nearly 400 points today? The short answer is...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, European debt crisis, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
Stocks Rebound After the August Crash. Are We Out of the Woods?
Prechter's detailed look at the market's pattern, momentum, sentiment and other important technical evidence helps you navigate stocks from here.
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/20/2011 2:00:00 PM
Reality check: Few investors realize that in just 2 weeks in August, the stock market erased all the gains of 2010 and 2011.
But after those 2 rough weeks in August, stocks rallied for more than 6 weeks -- a rally three times longer than the decline. Does it mean that stocks are out of the woods?
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave Theorist, Gold, hyperinflation, inflation, recession, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, silver, stock indexes, U.S. dollar
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
9/13/2011 3:30:00 PM
After wrapping-up his section on debt, Prechter states, "And now I’m going to update you in our final group of slides, which pertain to the forecast for the next five years." These charts are a must-see for anyone who wants to protect their financial future...
Filed Under: debt crisis, Elliott Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter, social mood, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Alexandra Lienhard
9/12/2011 4:45:00 PM
This excerpt from the special video issue of the August Elliott Wave Theorist brings you Bob Prechter’s analysis of the triple top that has been forming in the U.S. stock market over the past 12 years. Watch as Bob himself explains what this pattern means for you and the markets.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, technical indicators, video
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
9/6/2011 3:15:00 PM
You probably know that the purpose of diversification is to spread risk across asset classes. The assumption is that if one asset goes down, the others will be stable or perhaps even move up. But what if we're in a time when...
Filed Under: diversification, Elliott Wave Theorist, Gold, Robert Prechter, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/31/2011 2:45:00 PM
The public's behavior points to an insight that Robert Prechter once shared with an interviewer. Asked if there's a basic secret to market behavior, he said...
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Theorist, hedge funds, Prechter's Perspective, Robert Prechter, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
8/29/2011 5:15:00 PM
On Monday August 29, much of the Big Apple (i.e., New York City) breathed a huge sight of relief. And not just because flood-bringing tropical storm Irene failed to deliver the "nightmare hurricane" scenario feared by the entire eastern seaboard. The opening to a brand new week also saw the violent stock market storm that has blown through Wall Street since early July taper off into clear skies.
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, stock indexes, trendlines, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
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
Stocks: "Crazy" Swings, Sane Stock Traders
EWI's Stocks Specialty Service helps you to stay one step ahead of the intraday moves in the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ
By Nico Isaac
8/18/2011 5:30:00 PM
On August 18, the Dow plunged as much as 528 points, intraday. The markets' manic fluctuations have been nothing short of maddening. It's hard to stay ahead of market swings like that -- but you can try.
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave trading, Nasdaq Composite, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), S&P 500, stock indexes, VIX, volatility
Category: Stocks
Is the Market Close to the "Prechter Point"?
The Prechter Point is "The very center of the wave structure--the most volatile point in an impulse"
By Bob Stokes
8/10/2011 5:00:00 PM
The "Prechter Point" is the juncture of "maximum acceleration" in the Elliott wave structure of a market's trend. Is the market getting close to the "Prechter Point"?...
Filed Under: breadth, conquer the crash, Elliott wave, market forecasts, momentum, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, wave personality
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/9/2011 4:30:00 PM
Now there's talk of a Great Recession 2.0 -- a "double-dip." That's a mighty fast reversal regarding the health of our economy. What happened? The stock market offers a big clue...
Filed Under: fundamental analysis, investor psychology, stock indexes, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
8/4/2011 1:15:00 PM
The August 3 Short Term Update talked about what can happen after prices plunge through the neckline of the classic "head and shoulders" pattern: "Sometimes the size of the ensuing decline can be approximated." The latest Update will provide you with a price target and up-to-the-minute charts...
Filed Under: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Short Term Update, stock indexes, technical analysis, trendlines, head and shoulders pattern
Category: Stocks