On June 29, the Apple iPhone turned 10 years old. But, for many, the mood surrounding the milestone was less than celebratory. Reason being, in June alone, Apple Inc. (AAPL) plunged 6% to two-month lows amidst a broad-scale bruising of the global tech sector.
Crude Oil Sinks 20% Despite OPEC Production Cuts
On January 1, the long-awaited agreement between OPEC and its major exporting partners like Russia to curtail production by 1.8 million barrels a day went into effect. And, according to the mainstream experts, the massive effort to cut the oil glut would also light the fire beneath oil prices. But that’s not what happened…
Robert Prechter Talks About Elliott Waves and His New Book
It’s been a long time since we’ve offered you an article featuring Robert Prechter directly. We’re especially excited to offer you this thoughtful interview Avi Gilburt conducted with Bob.
Trump Bump Slaughters Market Bears
Much of the post-US election rally in the stock market has been attributed to President Donald Trump’s promises for tax cuts and deregulation. But long before the election, Elliott wave price patterns already told our subscribers to prepare for a market rally.
Elliott Wave Analysis: Where the RUBBER Meets the Road
There are nearly 50 commodity markets traded all over the world at any given time. That’s one for every state in the United States. So, how is an investor or trader supposed to know which of these markets to follow and which ones to dismiss?
Learning to Recognize Trade Setups with “MACD”
According to Investopedia – the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (aka. MACD) is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of prices. The MACD is calculated by subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average (EMA) from the 12-day EMA.
Active vs Passive Investing: And the Winner Is …
Total index investing today exceeds 4 Trillion dollars.Why has the share of index fund investing gone from basically zero in 1985, to more than 35% in 2016?
The 5 Fatal Flaws of Trading
Close to ninety percent of all traders lose money. The remaining ten percent somehow manage to either break even or even turn a profit — and more importantly, do it consistently. How do they do that?
That’s an age-old question. While there is no magic formula, Elliott Wave International’s own Jeffrey Kennedy has identified five fundamental flaws that, in his opinion, stop most traders from being consistently successful.
How Protective Stops Keep You on the Right Side the Trend
Scuba-diving is a lot like financial markets. Investors and traders jump in — and use an array of safety gauges to keep them on the right side of price action.
Well, at least those investors and traders who use technical market indicators. For them, those bold, red lines indicating the point of danger — those are equivalent to the most critical component of market analysis: protective stops. The second prices cross this line, it’s time to “swim back up to the surface” and safely re-adjust your position.