EWI’s Senior Tutorial Instructor Jeffrey Kennedy gives you practical lessons — free There are two camps of market analysts out there: the fundamental camp and the technical one. Fundamental analysts look at things like the GDP, unemployment, interest rates, etc. to make logical assumptions about where the stock market is going. Technical analysts use none […]
Your Free Chance to Learn How to Forecast Markets Using Technical Analysis
3 Reasons Now is Not the Time to Speculate in Stocks
Sometimes the investment weather forces you to ‘buy a coat,’ says Robert Prechter When it’s sunny, you head outside without a thought, but when it’s rainy, you look for your umbrella. When the markets are trending up, you don’t worry about your investments much, but when the markets turn bearish … what do you do? […]
The Hindenburg Omen — Omen-ous or Not?
Elliott Wave International Chief Market Analyst Steve Hochberg Sheds Light on a Feared Technical Indicator On Aug. 12, volatile market action coincided with a technical signal called the Hindenburg Omen, whereby a relatively high number of new highs and lows in individual stocks occur at the same time. This indicator instantly gained an enormous amount […]
Efficient Market Hypothesis: R.I.P.
Of all the belief systems of Wall Street, few can claim the devoted following of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the idea that stock prices adhere to the same laws of supply-and-demand that govern retail products. Once coined the theoretical “Parthenon” of economics, this notion has consistently endured the test of time —– until now. Academics […]
Slicing the Neckline: A Classic Technical Pattern Agrees with the Elliott Wave Count
In the August issue of his Elliott Wave Theorist, market forecaster Robert Prechter alerted readers that the U.S. stock market was slicing the neckline of a classic head-and-shoulders pattern in technical analysis, and that this may send the market into critical condition. Prechter said that when the Elliott wave count and a head-and-shoulders pattern are […]
How to Find Correct Elliott Wave Patterns in Market Charts
The Economic Crisis No One Saw Coming: A Convenient Untruth
The single most convenient untruth about the 2008 (and counting) financial crisis is that it was unforeseen. For two years policymakers have insisted “There was no way to know ahead of time” that the liquidity boom would come to a screeching halt. Yet even as the mainstream authorities failed to detect the economic earthquake moving below their own feet, somebody did “notice” well in advance. That person was EWI’s Bob Prechter.
Stress Test: How to Find the Safest Banks in the U.S. and Abroad
Banks of all sizes are riskier than they used to be (think about portfolios stuffed with derivatives, emerging market debt and non-performing commercial loans), so it makes good sense to have your own personal stress test to find out which you can trust. This special report gives you what you need to know — plus a list of the Top 100 Safest Banks in the U.S.
Applying Elliott Wave Theory to Recent Trades
Ralph Elliott, an American market analyst, discovered the basic principles in the 1930s studying the Dow Jones Index