Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
I recently was talking to a fellow investor at a conference and I mentioned that we carried quite a few articles from Elliott Wave International on this site. The gentleman I was speaking with commented that he had the impression that Bob Precter founder of Elliott Wave International was permanently bearish and so “eventually he would be right”.
Is Prechter of Elliottwave a “PermaBear”? Read More »
If you want the latest news on the U.S. Dollar Index, try a search under its new ticker symbol, RIP. — as in, “rest in peace.” Let the record show: In the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 6, the mainstream financial community officially declared “The Demise of the Dollar” (The Independent).
Death of the Dollar? Read More »
In this article Susan Walker explores a question we have touched on before… conventional wisdom and hedging against bad times like inflation and recession. Editor Gold, the Dow, T-Notes: Which Does Best During Recessions? By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International Each year, the NCAA college basketball tournament winnows its starting field of 64 teams
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In the 1930s, Ralph Nelson Elliott, a corporate accountant by profession, studied price movements in the financial markets and observed that certain patterns repeat themselves. He offered proof of his discovery by making astonishingly accurate stock market forecasts. What appears random and unrelated, Elliott said, will actually trace out a recognizable pattern once you learn
What is the “Elliott Wave Principle”? Read More »
The following is an excerpt from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. Elliott Wave International is currently offering Bob’s recent Elliott Wave Theorist, free. On February 23, EWT called for the S&P to bottom in the 600s and then begin a sharp rally, the biggest since the 2007 high. The S&P bottomed at 667 on March 6. Then the stock market and commodities went almost straight up for three months as the dollar fell.
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A 20 year bear market sounds a bit presumptuous after all, we all “know” that in the long run markets always go up, (or do they?). Even more interesting to me is that the 20 year bear market could culminate in another massive war, due to the 80 year cycle that leads from the “Revolutionary War” to “The Civil War” to “Pearl Harbor”.
20 Year Bear Market? Read More »
The furious stock rally continues. But if you’re considering adding to your stake in the markets, be careful where you tread.
On July 23rd the percentage of bulls in the stock market, as measured by the American Association of Individual Investors, jumped 10%. And not only did the survey reveal a huge increase in bullish sentiment, the number of investors who see themselves as bearish dropped 11%. In one day!
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When I was a kid my Dad used to complain about people taking a “five fingered discount” referring to those who lifted things that didn’t belong to them. In this article we have Jeffrey Kennedy the Chief Commodity Analyst at Elliott Wave International talking about how the stock market can take a five fingered discount from your portfolio.
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Recently I received this question about I-bonds. I-bonds are inflation adjusted Treasury bonds. The amount they pay is adjusted twice a year to compensate for the effects of inflation. I am a holder of Treasury I bonds (adjusts to the CPI every May & Nov.) Last November the CPI that Treasury used was 2.8,
Why are my “I-Bonds” paying so little? Read More »
I recently received the following question from a student at Virginia Commonwealth University and I thought I would pass on what I told him. Question: This past Wednesday I talked to two guys who had both bought the Iraqi Dinar in large amounts. I figured you might have some financial thoughts on this investment and
