By Bob Stokes
1/30/2012 5:15:00 PM
Our Elliott wave analysis strongly suggests that the markets and economy are at rare historical junctures. Read what Robert Prechter recently said...
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, deflation, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott wave, herding, history, market forecasts, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, social mood
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
6/10/2011 4:45:00 PM
Let me share with you a price trendline technique called the "Triple Fan." Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy writes, "I am surprised at how often this tool ushers in significant moves." He shows the "Triple Fan" in the price chart of...
Filed Under: coffee futures, Daily Futures Junctures, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Fibonacci, futures trading, Jeffrey Kennedy, Random Walk Theory, successful traders, technical analysis, technical indicators, Traders, trendlines
Category: Commodities
Socionomics Really Can Give You Answers No One Else Can
Who is most likely to win elections? When are wars most likely to be started? Which TV shows and movies are most likely to do well? The scope of socionomic applications is immense
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/11/2011 12:30:00 PM
I left the former Soviet Union to come to America in 1992. It may surprise you to learn that growing up in the "Evil Empire" in the 1970s and '80s wasn't that different from coming of age somewhere in America's Midwest. Yet most of the rest of the world considered the old Soviet Union to be a vastly different place. So when the USSR finally dissolved in 1991, many people around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. But here's a question that bothered me for a long time...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Drug War, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, herding, Robert Prechter, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics
Category: Socionomics
Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part VIII
The world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests economists' "Claim #7: ''Peace is bullish for stocks'” -- and brings you another surprising conclusion.
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/27/2010 1:45:00 PM
This is Part VIII of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president uses two charts to dispel another investment myth: that times of peace are bullish for stocks.
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, buy and hold, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Principle, fundamental analysis, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, social mood, socionomics
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/22/2010 10:30:00 AM
This is Part VII of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president tests economists' "Claim #6: 'Wars are bullish/bearish for stock prices” -- and shows you four charts that confidently disprove this myth.
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Principle, fundamental analysis, Robert Prechter, Random Walk Theory, social mood, socionomics
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/6/2010 11:30:00 AM
This is Part II of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president explains why traditional financial models failed in the 2007-2009 financial crisis -- and why are they doomed to fail again (and again). Here, Prechter tests "Claim #1: 'Interest rates drive stock prices.'"
Filed Under: Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Principle, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, socionomics
Category: Stocks
Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part I
After the grand failure of modern financial theory in 2007-2009, a better one is proposed by the world's foremost Elliott wave analysis practitioner
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/3/2010 11:00:00 AM
You may remember that in 2008-2009, as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression was ravaging stocks, real estate and commodities, many called into question traditional economic models -- because they did little to warn us of the approaching doomsday. So, today, we are starting a new series: "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president gives detailed explanation of why the traditional financial models failed -- and, very importantly, why they are doomed to fail again (and again). Here is Part I...
Filed Under: earnings, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Principle, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, socionomics, technical analysis, unemployment
Category: Stocks
By Robert Folsom
5/14/2010 5:00:00 PM
I can't provide a "visual" that makes as lasting an impression as those iconic images. Yet I do have one that is powerful. It's relevant to our time. It challenges a long-held orthodoxy. And it tells a story that should indeed change or help make up the minds of individuals who think for themselves...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Elliott Wave Principle, Bear market, Random Walk Theory, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)
Category: Stocks
Stock Market: Random or Ordered?
The idea that financial markets comprise specific form remains a revolutionary observation.
By Bob Stokes
5/13/2010 12:00:00 PM
R.N. Elliott wrote in 1938 that, "Human emotions...are rhythmical. They move in waves of definite number and direction. A completed move consists of five waves." You see the "rhythm" of human emotion in this comparative chart.
Filed Under: Random Walk Theory, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)
Category: Stocks
GDP Up, DJIA Down: What Happened?
Our collective emotions play a huge role in our investment decisions.
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/1/2010 4:15:00 PM
Last Friday (January 29) was a great day to watch the stock market and compare the price action against the explanations from analysts. Throughout the day, investors and analysts simply focused on the news stories that best fit that hour in the market... This seems like a flawed approach, and here's why.
Filed Under: gross domestic product (GDP), Ben Bernanke, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), U.S. dollar, Random Walk Theory
Category: Stocks