Category: Articles
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Elliott Waves Moving Costco (COST): Predictability, Priced Right
In October, a TikTok user went viral after posting secret, cost-saving patterns on Costco price tags. That same month, we revealed a no-secret, bullish, Elliott-wave pattern unfolding in the retailer’s Nasdaq-listed stock (COST). From there, both shoppers of Costco stores and investors of Costco stock were happy campers!
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Will Latin America Stocks’ “Star Status” Continue?
Latin America has been booming with investment opportunities. Alas, many investors have missed them because the region is off their radar screens. No more! Here’s an example of what you will find in EWI’s just released “The Latin America Investor Report.”
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Platinum: Clarity Into Commodity Prices Isn’t a Pipe Dream. It’s Possible!
Reading about “market fundamentals” and news surrounding financial markets is like listening to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sportscast a soccer game. It swings from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism and back again. Fortunately, there’s an alternative. And platinum’s recent surge to 3-plus month highs takes you right to it!
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Insulet Corp. (PODD): How to Spot a 40% Rally
Insulet Corp (PODD), a maker of insulin delivery devices, had a rough summer and most of the fall. The mainstream blamed it on Ozempic and other new weight-loss drugs. But starting in early November, PODD rallied strongly – despite the bearish headlines. Why? And could you have seen the rally in advance? Yes – watch…
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Gold: How “Bullish! — No, Bearish!” Opinions Can Steer You Wrong
Following the crowd often gets investors into financial trouble. Consider the prevailing sentiment toward gold – both present and past. Here’s what happened after participants in a Gallup poll ranked gold as the best long-term investment.
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Why Paper Trading as Practice Can Be Detrimental
Some people recommend “paper” trading as a learning exercise. However, there’s a better way for the trading novice to shorten the learning curve. Find out about it via our “12 Days of Elliott,” during which you can enjoy free access to 12 insightful resources.
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A Middle East Powder Keg Explodes & Crude Oil… Plunges? Get Our Take
October 2023 saw the start of the devastating and ongoing Israel-Hamas war. From a “market fundamentals” perspective, the Middle East powder keg was a bullish catalyst for crude oil. But investors and traders relying on this logic had a “crude” awakening in the weeks that followed.
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Use VIX “Fear Index” to Spot Market Sell-Offs – Here’s How
A fitting word for today’s financial optimism is “exceptional” – by several measures. An observer may see this as bullish – another may say that this signals caution. Let’s go back a few years to see what happened after another period of notable financial complacency.
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Here’s an “Interesting” Way to Measure Market Sentiment
While the “fear index” VIX may be the most well-known way to measure market sentiment, you have other ways, as well. Here, our monthly Global Market Perspective contributor, Murray Gunn, explains how to put the ratio between investment-grade bond yields and yields on junk bonds to good use.
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S&P 500: Heard About Those “Magnificent 7” Stocks?
Mainly just seven stocks have been holding up the U.S. stock market. As EWI recently noted: “There has never been such a high weighting in the S&P in such a few number of companies.” Elliott wave analysis can help you anticipate major shifts in crowd behavior.