Did Covid19 Cause the Stock Market Crash?

Think Coronavirus Caused the Crash? These Two Charts Beg to Differ Just about everyone thinks the coronavirus pandemic slammed global stock prices in February and March. Entire countries shut down; businesses closed up shop; unemployment soared. People stopped spending money beyond the essentials, so conventional wisdom would indeed expect stocks to slide as a result. READ MORE

Optimism Reigns at a Market Top

Many stock market investors believe that prices have already bottomed. Numerous banks, brokers and financial firms have issued statements saying as much. Indeed, the May Elliott Wave Theorist, a monthly publication which has offered analysis of financial and social trends since 1979, noted: On April 28, Bloomberg interviewed four money managers to answer the question READ MORE

Buying the Dip Can Backfire

“Buying the dip” might work in a rip-roaring bull market, but it can cost you your shirt in a severe downturn. Even so, this March 23 Wall Street Journal quote represents the mindset of many global investors: I’m Scared. That’s a Reason to Buy. The true contrarian only buys when it makes him feel physically READ MORE

Price and Volume in a Bear Market

A question was posed to Elliott Wave International President Robert Prechter for a classic Elliott Wave Theorist (Prechter’s monthly publication about financial markets and social trends since 1979): Under the Wave Principle, what is the most important thing to watch other than price? Prechter answered: Volume. You see, high trading volume means that traders are READ MORE

Recognize a Weakening Trend

Pay Attention to “Non-Confirmations” When a trend is strong, related markets tend to move in unison. However, when a trend is near exhaustion — a bullish or bearish trend, “non-confirmations” often occur. A non-confirmation occurs when one market makes a new high (or low), but a related market does not. As cases in point, our READ MORE

Bear Market Half Way?

This Will Signal the Bear Market’s Halfway Point On March 12, the date the DJIA closed lower more than 2350 points, the U.S. chief equity strategist for a major financial firm appeared on Bloomberg after the market close and opined that “90% of the damage has been done.” He went on to affirm that if READ MORE

Stocks are red, why?

Just Thursday — or even on Friday morning — it seemed that stocks were finally out of the woods. But as I’m typing this… Our friends at Elliott Wave International had a hunch this would happen. Here’s what their Short Term Update wrote Wednesday night: “The harmony of the major averages is out of whack, which is READ MORE

Gold From Boring to Six Year High

As mainstream experts struggled to see the direction in gold, Elliott wave analysis saw a clear, bullish triangle. Then, gold prices rocketed to six-year highs! A common misconception of trading is that the best opportunities come near market highs and lows, when a change-in-trend is on the launchpad with 10 seconds to liftoff. The problem READ MORE

What’s next for the economy?

There IS a way to forecast the general health of the economy. This method has repeatedly proven itself. Yes, you can anticipate the likelihood of a recession, even a depression — or, conversely, when major economic measures — like jobs — will be robust. That surefire way is the performance of the stock market. That’s READ MORE

How to Capitalize on Market Corrections

90% of traders throw in the towel. One of the main reasons is because they don’t have a method. Elliott Wave Principle is one of the most popular investment method books ever published. Now, we’re working with Elliott Wave International to celebrate the book’s 40th anniversary by giving you free access to Bob Prechter’s bestseller. READ MORE

Interest Rates Win Again as Fed Follows Market

Kendall and Hochberg: Interest Rates Win Again as Fed Follows Market By Elliott Wave International Most economists and financial analysts believe that central banks set interest rates. For more than two decades, Elliott Wave International has tracked the relationship between interest rates set by the marketplace and interest rates set by the U.S. Federal Reserve READ MORE