Real estate is a "can't miss" investment in the eyes of many people. In this video, our Market Trek host Brian Whitmer shows you 3 charts that shake the foundation of this assumption, at least at this market juncture. (Brian's destination today is Baku, Azerbaijan.)
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Going back to the crash of 1929, every major bear market -- four of them, to be exact -- had one thing in common. Watch your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer show you 4 eye-opening charts to highlight one feature with big implications for today's market juncture. (Brian's destination today is Tbilisi, Georgia.)
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There is a curious 8-year cycle in the euro's strength and weakness. And now that it's near parity with the U.S. dollar, it's worth talking about a curious pattern in the dollar's bouts of strength, too. Watch your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer show you a couple of eye-opening charts with big implications for global stability. (Brian's destination today is Madrid, Spain.)
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The 1960s, the dot-com bubble and today -- these three periods share a key reading of investor sentiment, namely the "U.S. Household Equity Holdings as a Percentage of Total Assets," a gauge used by the Federal Reserve. Watch your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer explain what the current U.S. household commitment to stocks implies for the future. (Brian's global destination today is Lago Calima, Colombia.)
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The Colombians just voted for a leftist president. The French just gave Marine Le Pen's right-wing party the strongest vote ever. Whatever your politics, it's crucial to understand that voters elect leaders who best reflect crowd psychology of the moment. Your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer takes you on a quick trip around the globe and explains what the stock market trend has to do with political choices we make. (Brian's global destination today is Colombia.)
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"Investors are worried." That's the word on the street. But it's one thing what investors are saying and quite another what they're doing. Watch a new video by your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer where he walks you through the 20-year chart of stock allocation minus cash allocation to explain why this bear market has only just begun. (Brian's global destination today is Cali, Colombia.)
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Just about everything cycles (or “goes up and down”) and the amount of credit in the system is no exception. Here, in 2 ½ minutes, your Market Trek host Brian Whitmer walks you through the "binge and purge" cycle in credit going back some 60 years and explains what it suggests is coming next. (Brian’s global destination: Brazil Stock Exchange (B3 Building) in São Paulo, Brazil.)
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Do you own stocks? Bonds? Real estate? Then you’ll want to see this chart of a 78-year cycle in U.S. Treasuries – and, by extension, interest rates. Watch this new video by your series host Brian Whitmer where he explains how this 78-year cycle is “probably affecting you already.” (Brian’s global destination: Guarapari & Vitoria, Brazil.)
Near market tops, most investors are bullish; near bottoms, they are bearish. How do you avoid getting caught up in the “madness of crowds”? Use Elliott waves – and spot trends as they begin, so you’re ahead of the curve, not behind it. Let us show you what we mean – read our Global Market Perspective right now.
After a decade of 0% rates, we’re in a new territory for many investors. In the bond market, yields have spiked, crashing prices. So, where to next? For answers, watch our new series as the host Brian Whitmer travels the world and tackles market topics big and small. (Today’s destination: Florianopolis, Brazil.)
One of the greatest ironies of investing is that by the time the news tells you about a "new trend," it's often on its last leg. There are exceptions, of course. But by and large, the crowd piles into a market not at the start but at the end of the move. How do you avoid joining the crowd? Use Elliott waves. They help you spot trends as they begin, so you're ahead of the curve, not behind it. Want to learn more? Read Elliott Wave Principle FREE
EWI's Brian Whitmer travels the world and tackles market topics big and small.
Global Markets Strategist
Editor, European Financial Forecast
Brian Whitmer is a pure technical analyst. He is proficient in socionomics, putting him in tune with events in the region. Brian describes himself as self-educated in Austrian economics, so he is well versed in the misunderstandings of mainstream theories. He also contributes the European stock section of our monthly Global Market Perspective. He is a well-traveled speaker and appears frequently as a guest on financial television.
