By Bob Stokes
5/25/2012 5:45:00 PM
What does Prechter make of the Dow's most recent return to this long-term trendline?...
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Elliott Wave Theorist, Fibonacci, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, technical indicators, trendlines
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/23/2012 6:15:00 PM
On May 22, the DJIA had a solid intraday rally, but closed 1 point lower. On May 23, the index had the opposite experience: a deep intraday decline that got all but erased by a rally into the close. As a result, the "fear index" VIX for the S&P 500 moved from the 24.64 high on Monday to 20.07 low on Tuesday -- and then back to 24.61 on Wednesday.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, futures trading, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/23/2012 5:00:00 PM
The bigger story goes beyond a rough start for Facebook: the market has lately been unfriendly to several social media stocks. Take a look at this chart and commentary from the...
Filed Under: cultural trends, Elliott wave, investor psychology, Magazine Cover Indicator, Nasdaq Composite, Traders, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/21/2012 5:45:00 PM
The historic market action of April 29, 2011 is key to our outlook. Moreover, a May 1 market event handed us an additional clue. In the new Theorist, Robert Prechter writes...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Fibonacci, market forecasts, Nasdaq Composite, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Robert Prechter, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/18/2012 5:30:00 PM
Ten days before the most recent stock market top (May 1), an April 21 Barron's online headline read: "...Big Money Poll Finds Money Managers Are Bullish." But since the start of the month, the Dow Industrials has given back over 900 points. What gives?...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, investor psychology, mutual funds, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/15/2012 5:00:00 PM
For the past several months, volatility was absent as the market mainly traded sideways. Many participants were complacent. Some opined that the market was simply gathering its strength before the next leg up. We viewed the lackluster market action as...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, market forecasts, S&P 500, technical indicators, U.S. STOCK MARKET, VIX, volatility, volume, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/14/2012 5:30:00 PM
During Q1 of 2012, trading on the New York Stock Exchange was down 23 percent vs. last year. But if many individual investors have stayed out of the market, how has the S&P 500 more than doubled? Moreover, what do we see ahead?...
Filed Under: banks, credit default swaps, Elliott wave, financial forecast, investment decisions, investor psychology, liquidity, risk appetite, Robert Prechter, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/10/2012 5:00:00 PM
When you trade stocks, the question is always the same: What's the trend? Looking at the market's "fundamentals" today, you'd probably agree that it's a tough call. Europe is tanking, but maybe it's not so bad; U.S. jobs market is improving, but not as well as we'd like. Is the Fed done "stimulating"? Will the ECB lower interest rates? And on, and on. Here's how Elliott wave analysis helps you cut through the guesswork...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, Interest Rates, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, stock indexes, technical analysis, trade targets, trading lessons, trendlines
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/7/2012 5:15:00 PM
Who else was saying way ahead of time that trouble was brewing for Green Mountain? Dear reader, here's what's important to know now: We're seeing other divergences for the major stock indexes that the "buy the dip" crowd is apparently not aware of...
Filed Under: coffee futures, Elliott wave, financial forecast, investment strategy, technical indicators, Traders
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/3/2012 5:00:00 PM
Markets don't always conform to seasonal biases -- not even to the well known "Sell in May and go away." Still, an investor might do well to consider the market's seasonal tendencies. So it is with stock market cycles...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, financial forecast, Robert Prechter, stock market cycles, U.S. STOCK MARKET
Category: Stocks
By Jill Noble
5/2/2012 5:15:00 PM
Beacon Learning Group will host an educational webinar for EWI readers on Tuesday, May 8 at 11:00 am Eastern Time. Learn how to register today!
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Education, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave trading, risk management, technical analysis, trade targets, Traders
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/2/2012 4:30:00 PM
What a way to kick off May: the Dow Industrials close at a four-year high and three icons of the 1990s bull market basically say we've only just begun. Is investor psychology too optimistic?...
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Elliott wave, financial forecast, herding, investor psychology, market forecasts, monetary policy
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
5/1/2012 1:30:00 PM
The conventional wisdom is that the economy, above all else, will determine whether a president is re-elected. But what people presume is not always true. We decided to find out for ourselves...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter, social mood
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/26/2012 4:45:00 PM
The stock market: one week it acts like Dr. Jekyll, the next week it's Mr. Hyde. What do we make of these dramatic fluctuations?...
Filed Under: Bear market, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott wave, herding, investor psychology, market crash, market forecasts, Nasdaq Composite, risk management, Robert Prechter, U.S. STOCK MARKET, volatility
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/23/2012 5:15:00 PM
If Apple and other fund favorites continue to lose their polish, what could that mean for the overall market? Well, let's see what market history teaches us...
Filed Under: Dow Industrials, Elliott Wave Principle, hedge funds, investment decisions, investment strategy, mutual funds, Nasdaq Composite, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), pension funds, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Jill Noble
4/23/2012 9:30:00 AM
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Filed Under: Dick Diamond, Elliott Wave Education, oscillators, risk management, Traders
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/18/2012 2:30:00 PM
Many market observers may not realize just how historically intense the interest in technology names has been. Recently, NASDAQ volume reached its highest level in its 16-year history! However, there's been a change...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, history, Nasdaq Composite, sentiment, volume
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/17/2012 3:30:00 PM
It's earnings season. And like they do every quarter, stock market observers want the answer to the ritual question: Will earnings drive stock prices higher or lower? The premise that earnings drive stock prices is so ingrained that it's not a question of whether earnings steer stock prices, but how will earnings steer the indexes. Here's what you need to know...
Filed Under: earnings, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, market forecasts, S&P 500, stock indexes
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
4/16/2012 5:45:00 PM
We look at several technical indicators, yet the foundation of our analysis is the market's Elliott wave price structure. It's now telegraphing an eye-brow raising market message...
Filed Under: Bear market, Elliott wave, market forecasts, technical analysis, technical indicators, Traders
Category: Stocks
By Robert Folsom
4/13/2012 5:00:00 PM
No financial market ever sees a "new" kind of sentiment, only different degrees of the emotions which are common to us all. The sentiment in a given market can't be measured with the same precision as the price levels can, yet we do know that when prices reach extremes, a predictable series of emotions will follow...
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, Elliott wave
Category: Stocks