A.I. Revolution and NVDA: Why Tough Going May Be Ahead

"These things could get more intelligent than us" By Elliott Wave International The topic with all the buzz these days is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its future. The potential benefits include automating repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity, data analysis, assisting in medical applications -- and more. Then there's the possible downside. Some of the major worries include the elimination of jobs, privacy violations, unclear legal regulations, and the potential for AIs to go rogue as the goals of AI become misaligned with the goals of humans. In an interview with NPR in 2023, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who is known as the godfather of AI, said: These things could get more intelligent than us and could decide to take over, and we need to worry now about how we prevent that from happening. However, right now, the mood surrounding AI is way more optimistic than pessimistic. Just think about how investors have bid up the price of AI-related stock … [Read More...]

U.S. Real Estate: A 24% Problem

Real estate prices have reached absurdly high prices because corporate investors have taken over the housing market from individuals in a program encouraged, once again, by the federal government. “…24% of U.S. single family homes are owned by investors.” When the bulk of participants in the market are consumers who think of houses as shelter, prices are stable. When a significant portion of participants in the market are speculators who think of houses as investment items, prices soar and crash.

Update on China’s Big Housing Bust

Major red flags for the Chinese real estate market… China’s home prices are falling… Yet, economists have been dismissive of this threat.

Mini-Manias: Beware Short-Term Trading Frenzies – Like This One

Most investors know the meaning of a “mania,” i.e., the “Tulip Mania” of the 1600s and more recently, the mania surrounding technology stocks in the late 1990s, etc.
As you might imagine, these manias usually occur during rip-roaring bull markets.
Yet, some “manias” may unfold even during bear-market rallies, and when these “mini-manias” end, they can burn investors just as much as those full-blown bull market manias.

Extremely Rare Market Signal Just Triggered

In today's article, Chris Ciovacco looks at a few new signals, one has occurred 8 previous times, one occurred 5 previous times and one rare event that has only occurred three previous times in the last 90 years! He will also look at how stocks … [Read More...]

Stocks and Junk Bonds: “This Divergence Appears Meaningful”

By Elliott Wave International The trends of the junk bond and stock markets tend to be correlated. The reason why is that junk bonds and stocks are closely affiliated in the pecking order of creditors in case of default. The rank of junk bonds is … [Read More...]

Is a Pension Fund Crisis Next?

"U.S. Pension Funds are on the Brink of Implosion." By Elliott Wave International Did you get a heads-up from the financial media that the U.S. banking system was vulnerable before the failures of Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic … [Read More...]

Corporate Bonds: “The Next Shoe to Drop”?

The following article originally appeared on Elliottwave International and was originally published under the headline Corporate Bonds: "The Next Shoe to Drop". EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led … [Read More...]