Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part III

In the November 2009 issue of Elliott Wave International’s monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, co-editors Steven Hochberg and Peter Kendall published a careful study of Goldman Sachs company history — and made a sobering forecast for its future. In this special three-part series, we release that Special Report to you. Here is the final installment, Part III.

Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part II

In the November 2009 issue of Elliott Wave International’s monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, co-editors Steven Hochberg and Peter Kendall published a careful study of Goldman Sachs history — and made a sobering forecast for its future. In this special three-part series, we are releasing the entire Special Report to you. Here is Part II; please come back later this week for Part III.

Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part 1

In November 2009, Elliott Wave International’s monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast published a careful study of Goldman Sachs’ history — and made a grim forecast for the firm’s future. In this special three-part series, we will release the entire Special Report to you. Here is Part I; come back Wednesday and Friday for Parts II and III.

Why Economic Forecasts Often Fail

When it comes to your money, pay attention to the pitfalls of linear thinking. The markets of today may not resemble the markets of tomorrow. Keep in mind the concept of dramatic change. This cannot be over-emphasized and bears repeating: Major change is not an occasional occurrence throughout history; paradoxically, it’s the only constant.

Market Myths Exposed: Inflation Is Not A Threat, Deflation Is

Most people are confident they can recognize a myth when they hear one: Wearing a hat causes baldness; eating a bunch of carrots gives you perfect vision; ‘light’ cigarettes are better for your health than the regular kind. But what about this sentence: Inflation is the number one threat to the US economy? Myth? You betcha.

What You Can Learn From a Multi-Millionaire Who Understood Market Psychology

If a man who made multiple millions in the market believed in the power of mass psychology, you too may find it rewarding to discover the patterns of mass psychology which are developing this very moment.

Understanding the Fed — Not Just the Myths About the Fed

If you would like to understand more about how the U.S. Federal Reserve works, you can spend time on its website — or you can get the real story. Elliott Wave International has collected eight of Robert Prechter’s most trenchant articles about what the Fed actually does. He takes on the misleading myths about the Fed and explains what’s really going on as he writes about these topics

You Still Believe The Fed Can Stop Deflation?

Think back to the fall of 2007. The deflationary “liquidity crunch” that over the next year-and-a-half cuts the DJIA in half, decimates commodities, real estate and world markets is only starting. Almost no one believes that the crash is coming — to a large degree, because everyone is convinced that the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, with Ben Bernanke at the helm, will never allow deflation to happen: It can just print money! Well, take a look at these two charts EWI’s president Robert Prechter’s published in October 2007.

Take Time from March Madness for 2010’s Most Important Investment Report

You want to know whether to prepare for inflation or deflation? This report, with its 22 examples and 13 charts, will answer your questions.

How Safe Is Your Bank, Really?

So far in 2010, the number of US bank failures has reached 25, a rate of two per week. This compares to 25 total bank failures for ALL of 2008, and three for 2007. Yet — no matter how grave the data gets, few people imagine the corporate banking crisis trickling down to average Joe or Jane and their lollipop-dispensing drive-through bank tellers.