By Bob Stokes
5/17/2012 5:30:00 PM
To this day, I wonder why Robert Prechter's book Conquer the Crash has not been more widely recognized. It described in advance much of what happened in the 2008 financial crisis. Learn what Prechter is saying now...
Filed Under: banks, Bob Prechter, conquer the crash, debt crisis, debt downgrade, deflation, economic depression, Elliott Wave Theorist, Greek debt, market crash, market forecasts
Category: U.S. Economy
Bank Capital Rules: A Reminder of 2008
"In 2008 there was a credit crisis. The next five years will bring on the credit crisis."
By Bob Stokes
5/10/2012 5:00:00 PM
Is our financial system stronger today than it was four years ago? Most people might think so; mainstream news analysis rarely suggests otherwise. But here's what the public remains mostly in the dark about...
Filed Under: banks, central banks, conquer the crash, credit rating, debt crisis, debt downgrade, deflation, economic depression, Elliott wave, european central bank, European debt crisis, hedge funds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
5/4/2012 4:15:00 PM
Very rare exceptions aside, money markets have been safe. Learn why they now may be a lot less safe...
Filed Under: money markets, banks, central banks, credit crisis, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, euro stoxx 50, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), mutual funds, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
4/25/2012 5:45:00 PM
In the United States and the United Kingdom alike, we believe it's a matter of time before the word "depression" replaces the phrase "double-dip recession." Why?...
Filed Under: Bank of England, deflation, double dip, economic depression, Elliott wave, european markets, FTSE, gross domestic product (GDP), recession
Category: U.S. Economy
Double Trouble for the Economy
How the low-government era morphed into the big-government era
By Bob Stokes
4/19/2012 4:00:00 PM
Two acts of Congress in 1913 turned out to be double trouble for the economy, even to this day. Robert Prechter says the "...results of big government are on the brink of getting much worse"...
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, central banks, debt, deflation, gross domestic product (GDP), history, inflation, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
4/13/2012 5:15:00 PM
As bubbles balloon in individual sectors of the economy, the psychology of the pre-financial crisis days have returned. That's why it's important to remember that hardly anyone was concerned about the real estate market in 2006. Then the whole house of cards fell in. Now consider the entire global debt market: the biggest bubble of all time...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, credit crisis, debt crisis, deflation, history, home sales, housing prices, Robert Prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
4/10/2012 3:45:00 PM
You can't do much as an individual to solve the nation's debt and economic problems, yet you can prepare for a worsening economic downtrend. Do we see evidence for an economic turn for the worse? Well, the evidence is so overwhelming that...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, debt crisis, debt downgrade, deflation, economic depression, great depression, history, safe banks
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
3/29/2012 2:45:00 PM
Robert Prechter's emphasis on financial safety served subscribers well in the 2007-2009 financial crisis. We anticipate that a financial safety plan will be of greater benefit during a time of economic chaos ahead. But where can you keep your assets safe? Learn more...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, credit rating, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, Elliott Wave Theorist, liquidity, monetary policy, risk management, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
3/27/2012 4:45:00 PM
There is a reason that citizens should be concerned about excessive sovereign debt. National governments have defaulted on their obligations, and those events do have consequences. Read what Robert Prechter has to say about the impending credit implosion...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, debt crisis, deflation, European debt crisis, history, Robert Prechter, soverign debt crisis
Category: U.S. Economy
Bubble, Bubble: Stocks in Trouble?
400 years of history show: AFTER a mania, prices fall lower than they were BEFORE it
By Bob Stokes
3/21/2012 4:00:00 PM
It's easy to say you'll get out before the bubble bursts -- but there's always someone saying "stocks have more to run," or "this pullback is healthy for stocks"... in other words, "tulips are headed even higher"...
Filed Under: Bear market, CNBC, deflation, herding, history, mania, market crash, Robert Prechter, sentiment, stock indexes, technical indicators
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
3/19/2012 5:15:00 PM
"Investors who wait... before acting will be too late. We have to anticipate developments, and the only way we can do that is to use tools that reveal signs of approaching trend change." See the towering economic cumulus clouds that we see so you can prepare for what's ahead...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, deflation, municipal bonds, safe haven
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
3/16/2012 6:00:00 PM
Is there evidence now that a deflationary trend is underway? Dear reader, the evidence is abundant and growing by the day. To begin with...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, deflation, economic depression, great depression
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
3/13/2012 5:45:00 PM
People who might have started a business pre-2007-2009 now shun the risk. Commercial property "owners" themselves are neck-high in debt. And some are drowning in it. Here's a recent reminder...
Filed Under: commercial real estate, deflation, Elliott wave
Category: Real Estate
By Bob Stokes
3/12/2012 5:15:00 PM
In 1868 construction began on an office building of record-height. Construction was completed in 1873, and the Equitable Life building in New York stood 130 feet. Many people considered it America's first skyscraper. What does that have to do with today?...
Filed Under: deflation, economic depression, Elliott wave, history
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
2/14/2012 4:45:00 PM
The benefit of hindsight allows us to say that Prechter's then-radical forecast of a "once-in-a-generation money making opportunity" did happen. It actually surpassed what Prechter anticipated. Yet that was a two-part forecast, so this question remains...
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, deflation, investment strategy, market forecasts, Robert Prechter
Category: Classic Prechter
By Bob Stokes
2/8/2012 5:15:00 PM
See the chart that addresses the inflation vs. deflation debate. Then, read the analysis...
Filed Under: deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, inflation, rate of change
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
2/7/2012 5:00:00 PM
Take note: there's an eerie similarity between what is developing economically today and what happened from 1929-1933...
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, Ben Bernanke, deflation, economic depression, financial forecast, unemployment
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
1/31/2012 5:45:00 PM
Will the wide swaths of vacant homes now visible in Detroit, Cleveland, Las Vegas and Florida become common elsewhere?...
Filed Under: consumer confidence, deflation, foreclosures, home sales, housing prices
Category: Real Estate
Do Housing Prices Hurt/Help US Stocks?
See an eye-opening chart in Robert Prechter's current Elliott Wave Theorist that sets the record straight
By Nico Isaac
1/31/2012 5:00:00 PM
"Fundamental" analysis of financial markets follows one simple formula: negative economic data equal a fall in stock prices; positive data equal a rise. And, underneath every mainstream finanical news report, this equation lies. Take, for example, the long-awaited release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Index of US Property Values in 20 major cities.
Filed Under: Bob Prechter, debt, deflation, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, fundamental analysis, housing prices, inflation, prechter, S&P 500, U.S. STOCK MARKET, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
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