Elliott Wave Articles

December 18, 2009
by Robert Prechter, CMT
The following article is an excerpt from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist.
First they bought into the “stocks for the long run” case and got killed. Then they jumped on the commodity bandwagon and got killed. Many investors are buying back into these very same markets, but others are running to [...]

Hyperinflation Worries Laid to Rest, Part I  11/12/2009   The situation in the U.S. is different from bouts with hyperinflation in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. It also seems reasonable to examine hyperinflation in another nation — Zimbabwe — in order to answer a few important questions…Read More

See for Yourself: This S&P 500 Chart Tells the Two-Part Truth
Have you seen or read ANYTHING like this in the past two weeks?
November 4, 2009
By Robert Folsom
The following text is courtesy of Elliott Wave International. Until Nov. 11, EWI is allowing non-subscribers to download their latest market analysis and forecasts [...]

How to Prepare for the Coming Crash and Preserve Your Wealth
Despite a host of concerns (weak economy, high unemployment, mounting foreclosures, geopolitical issues, etc.), the Dow made another post-crash high today. While the recent string of new rally highs is significant (especially coming on the heels of a major stock market plunge), it should be [...]

Today’s chart presents the performance of the Dow for the calendar year following the 15 worst calendar year performances of the Dow since 1896. For example, the worst calendar year performance on record for the Dow occurred in 1931. During the following calendar year (1932), the Dow was down 23%. The second worst calendar year [...]

The Bounce Is Aging, But The Depression Is Young
It was reported that the median price of a single-family home dropped 2.3% in August. The stock market sold off on the news. For some perspective into the all-important US real estate market, today’s chart illustrates the US median price of a single-family home over the [...]

A Lesson in Drawing and Using Trendlines
September 24, 2009
The following article is adapted from a brand-new 50-page ebook from Elliott Wave International. Learn more about The Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook, and download your free copy here.
By Jeffrey Kennedy
When I began my career as an analyst, I was lucky enough [...]

Sometimes Earnings Reports not only tell us how a specific company is doing lately, but can give us insight into how a complete sector is doing or how the entire economy might be affected.
This week we have some such Earnings Reports being released:
CAG .. Tuesday, 22-Sep-09 BMO … ConAgra and
GIS .. Wednesday, 23-Sep-09 BMO … [...]

How A Bear Can Be Bullish And Still Be Right
For some perspective on the current rally that began back on March 9th, today’s chart presents the Dow divided by the price of one ounce of gold. This results in what is referred to as the Dow / gold ratio or the cost of the Dow [...]

The TED spread (the difference between 3-mo. LIBOR and 3-mo. T-bills) has completely normalized. Currently it’s 19 bps (it’s close cousin, the OIS spread is down to 14 bps), which is the same level that prevailed during much of the 2001-2003 period. Easy money and weak growth expectations, coupled importantly with strong confidence in counterparty [...]

Domestic (U.S) – In EST:
Aug 31 09:45 Chicago PMI Aug
Sep 01 10:00 Construction Spending Jul
Sep 01 10:00 ISM Index Aug ***
Sep 01 14:00 Auto Sales Aug
Sep 01 14:00 Truck Sales Aug
Sep 02 08:15 ADP Employment Change
Sep 02 08:30 Productivity-Rev. Q2
Sep 02 10:00 Factory Orders Jul
Sep 02 10:30 Crude Inventories 08/28
Sep 02 14:00 FOMC Minutes Aug. [...]

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