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Gold and Silver: Hedges Against a Financial Downturn?
You might be surprised by the answer

By Bob Stokes
5/11/2012 4:45:00 PM

The run-ups in silver and gold since 2008 have many precious metals bulls believing that the pullback in recent months is just temporary. What do we see ahead for these two precious metals? I can say that the charts suggest...

Filed Under: economic depression, Elliott wave, Gold, gold futures, liquidity, market forecasts, platinum futures, recession, silver, silver futures, Traders

Category: Gold and Silver


Great Britain "Double Dips": Is The United States Next?
Recession or depression?

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


Preparing Your Finances for 2012
Looking ahead to a new year and planning for the future

By Hope Welborn
12/28/2011 2:15:00 PM

Now is a good time to look back over the past year and assess your finances. Do you have the information needed to make wise decisions in the next year? Prepare and take action now so that you'll be ready for what's ahead.

Filed Under: conquer the crash, debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S., deflation, economic depression, great depression, investment decisions, personal finance, prechter, recession, risk management, Robert Prechter, safe banks, safe haven

Category: U.S. Economy


3 "Golden" Things You Should Know About Gold
How safe is the mainstream wisdom about the precious "safe haven" -- gold?

By Nico Isaac
12/27/2011 3:30:00 PM

According to the famous song -- on the fifth day of Christmas, "my true love gave to me five golden rings."  So, on the third day of Christmas (December 27, 2011), I'm giving you THREE things to know about the flaunted asset GOLD that completely go against mainstream financial wisdom.

 

Filed Under: fundamental analysis, Gold, recession, safe haven, Wall Street

Category: Gold and Silver


Economists Are Bullish. Should YOU Be?
Before you answer that, take a look at the chart below

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
11/3/2011 5:30:00 PM

Please read these financial news headlines and then take a guess as to when they were published...

Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave trading, Elliott wave, Nasdaq Composite, recession, S&P 500

Category: Stocks


Does Any "Recovery" From the Past Look Like What You See Today?
Can Economists Make GDP Levitate?

By Robert Folsom
9/27/2011 2:30:00 PM

What sort of stock market rallies for two-plus years, even as employment, housing and the credit supply remain dismal or are still falling?

Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Elliott wave, recession, double dip

Category: U.S. Economy


(VIDEO) Prechter - The Connection Between Recessions and the Markets
Gain a better understanding of market mayhem with Prechter’s Socionomics.

By Jill Noble
9/21/2011 11:00:00 AM

The past few years have proven that financial and economic conditions can change with devastating speed. To show how socionomic theory and Elliott Wave patterns work, Prechter condenses three decades of research into a two-hour presentation that anyone can follow and understand.

Filed Under: fundamental analysis, personal finance, Robert Prechter, recession, Robert Prechter, socionomics, video, Elliott Wave Principle

Category: U.S. Economy


Stocks Rebound After the August Crash. Are We Out of the Woods?
Prechter's detailed look at the market's pattern, momentum, sentiment and other important technical evidence helps you navigate stocks from here.

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
9/20/2011 2:00:00 PM

Reality check: Few investors realize that in just 2 weeks in August, the stock market erased all the gains of 2010 and 2011.

But after those 2 rough weeks in August, stocks rallied for more than 6 weeks -- a rally three times longer than the decline. Does it mean that stocks are out of the woods?

Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave Theorist, Gold, hyperinflation, inflation, recession, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, silver, stock indexes, U.S. dollar

Category: Stocks


Should Stock Investors "Fret Over Economy"? No -- See Chart to Understand Why
The idea that the economy leads the stock market is false

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
8/2/2011 4:45:00 PM

The belief that the economy drives the stock market is common knowledge; it’s Investing 101; the idea gets pounded into investors’ heads, over and over again, by various pundits, daily. But please allow us to suggest this: Belief that the GDP and other economic measures drive stock market trends is completely and utterly false.

Filed Under: Club EWI, economic depression, Elliott Wave trading, gross domestic product (GDP), Robert Prechter, recession, Robert Prechter, safe haven

Category: Stocks


Keep Your (Investment) Feet as the U.S. Economy Keeps Slipping Down the Slope

By Susan C. Walker
7/22/2011 6:15:00 PM

Just because many politicians and financial pundits want us to believe that the U.S. economy is recovering doesn't mean we have to believe them. Nor does it make us negative Neds and Nellies if we don't.

Filed Under: economic depression, recession, Robert Prechter, Treasury bills (T-bills)

Category: Classic Prechter


DJIA Closes Below 12,000 -- Again. What's Going On?
Better results come from directly observing market behavior, not reading Fed statements

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
6/24/2011 5:15:00 PM

On Wednesday, June 22, the Federal Reserve Bank released its latest interest rates policy statement (no change). Afterward the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference, followed by a Q&A period. The financial media paid lots of attention to what Bernanke said. Our own Steve Hochberg -- editor of the Monday-Wednesday-Friday Short Term Update -- had this to say about Bernanke's press conference...

Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, economic depression, Elliott wave, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), gross domestic product (GDP), monetary policy, QE2, quantitative easing, recession, stimulus package, stock indexes, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)

Category: Stocks


Money in the Bank: Does It Still Mean "Safe and Sound?"
Elliott Wave International's free report "Discover the Top 100 Safest U.S. Banks" explains the true risk that you may face when a bank fails.

By Hope Welborn
6/8/2011 3:15:00 PM

Some economists claim we're in a recovery, yet hundreds of smaller financial institutions still suffer from the debt crisis that began a few years back.

Filed Under: Robert Prechter, central banks, Club EWI, conquer the crash, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), foreclosures, housing prices, liquidity, personal finance, recession, unemployment

Category: Classic Prechter


Love of Luxury: When Have We Seen This Before?
Forgetting There Ever was a "Financial Crisis"

By Bob Stokes
2/10/2011 5:15:00 PM

So what happened to the "Great Recession?" Has the economy suddenly "turned around?" Can you even have a "turn around" when housing prices are still in decline and unemployment is still high?  What can explain the increased demand for luxury items?  Here's what...

Filed Under: consumer confidence, consumer price index, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave Principle, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), recession, sentiment, social mood, supply and demand

Category: U.S. Economy


Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part X
The world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests investment myth #9: "Inflation makes gold and silver go up."

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
1/3/2011 11:00:00 AM

This is Part X of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president tests investment myth #9: "Inflation makes gold and silver go up" -- and brings you another round of eye-opeing conclusions.

Filed Under: diversification, Elliott Wave Principle, gold futures, hyperinflation, inflation, monetary policy, quantitative easing, quantitative easing, recession, Robert Prechter, safe haven, silver futures

Category: Gold and Silver


Are We In the "Great Recession"? Compared to What?

By Robert Folsom
7/2/2010 5:30:00 PM

Take any widely-followed economic indicator -- Inflation-adjusted Net Worth, for instance. I can say that this indicator is down 20% from its most recent peak... and that sounds bad... or does it? I can say that it has moved up slightly over the past three quarters... and that sounds good... or does it?

Filed Under: economic depression, recession

Category: Stocks


The Worst Decade vs. The Best Investment During Recessions

By Susan C. Walker
12/24/2009 12:30:00 PM

The bad news is out for all to contemplate -- the 2000s were the worst decade ever for U.S. stocks. But subscribers to Elliott Wave International's forecasting services already knew that. So, the next question is, what has been the best investment during recessions?

Filed Under: gold futures, recession

Category: Classic Prechter


U.S. Economy: Debt Overhang Will Reduce Consumption
And reduced consumption means trouble for consumer-driven economies.

By Jason Farkas
12/17/2009 1:45:00 PM

In the U.S., consumer spending represents about 70% of GDP. After decades of an inflationary “crack-up” boom, people are stuffed to the gills with consumer debt. But it appears that its long build-up has turned down, which is a message businesses should heed.

Filed Under: recession

Category: U.S. Economy


New Edition of Bob Prechter's Conquer the Crash Now Available

By Susan C. Walker
10/30/2009 2:00:00 PM

The second edition of Robert Prechter's Conquer the Crash includes 188 new pages of real-time commentary on markets and the mounting prospects for deflation -- rather than inflation -- to become the true threat to the U.S. economy. It includes the entire original edition, word for word, which is as relevant as the day it first published.

Filed Under: recession, deflation, market crash

Category: Classic Prechter


Bears in Hibernation
Fundamental analysis has a poor track record of predicting downturns.

By Jason Farkas
10/29/2009 1:15:00 PM

People continue to desert the bearish camp -- even some who correctly forecasted the 2008 collapse. The less than resolute bears are now taking up residence with a cadre of “professionals” whose track record is poor -- fundamental analysts. Fundamental analysts have a poor track record of predicting downturns (though it’s probably not a surprise to those reading this). Here are two good examples...

Filed Under: earnings, recession, fundamental analysis

Category: Stocks


Recession -- or a Slowly Developing Depression with Rallies?
This employment chart tells no lies

By Susan C. Walker
9/25/2009 4:30:00 PM

Optimism about the U.S. economy is the new cool. So why do we still see a depression ahead?

Filed Under: recession, economic depression

Category: Classic Prechter