By Nico Isaac
9/22/2011 9:45:00 AM
When it comes to the US housing market, bigger no longer means better. A slew of recent news items confirm that the hunt for smaller homes is officially on. As for why? The August Socionomist reveals a long-term correlation between the average size of US homes and the rise and fall in social mood.
Filed Under: housing prices, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Real Estate
By Nathaniel Williams
9/21/2011 5:15:00 PM
You probably won't be able to major in Elliott wave analysis or socionomics next year, but the study of social mood continues to make inroads into academia all around the world.
And the latest example comes from three academic researchers in Greece.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Principle, europe, marijuana, Robert Prechter, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nico Isaac
8/30/2011 5:00:00 PM
Ever notice how some celebrities give their human babies even wackier monikers than they do their pets. “Blanket” vs. “Bubbles,” for example. The first one is a boy, the second a chimpanzee. But while the trend toward bizarre baby names seems fueled by the eccentricities of the uber-famous, in truth it reflects collective human psychology at its most basic.
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist, terrorist attacks
Category: Socionomics
By Andrea Dibben
8/29/2011 11:00:00 AM
The event that came to mind first was 9/11 -- al-Qaeda's notorious attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. Could it be that al-Qaeda's most ambitious attack on a U.S. target also marked the end of this negative social mood period as expressed by this stock index?
Filed Under: socionomics, The Socionomist, terrorist attacks
Category: Socionomics
By Andrea Dibben
8/26/2011 9:45:00 AM
Most historians attribute Picasso’s style shifts, including his move into his “Blue Period,” to changes in his love life or other outside forces. But this three-year period seems to be more than simply a response to the death of his friend. Eight months passed between the February 1901 suicide and the Blue Period’s October onset. Find out why.
Filed Under: socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nathaniel Williams
8/24/2011 9:00:00 AM
The February Socionomist reports that since 1997, the dollar amount of student loans has skyrocketed more than 800 percent -- to a level that surpassed total U.S. credit card debt for the first time in 2010. That's dangerous territory. What does this mean?
Filed Under: socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nico Isaac
8/19/2011 12:15:00 PM
What if one of the most telling confirmations of the long-term trend in stocks is NOT in that soup of economic statistics like GDP, PPI, CPI and ISM...But instead is as close as your television screen?The July 2011 Socionomist does indeed explain how popular TV shows reflect the trend in social mood, and how that same mood is at work in the financial markets.
Filed Under: socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
Are Crowds Wise -- Or Mad?
New Research Reveals the Sources and Threat of Herding
By Nathaniel Williams
7/5/2011 5:15:00 PM
For more than 100 years, social science has claimed that a group of people is smarter than its individuals. The idea is known as the "wisdom of crowd effect." Yet observation shows that crowds often make very un-wise decisions. Now, new research shows you why...
Filed Under: cultural trends, herding, social mood, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
Bin Laden Exits Near a Top
How the Same Psychology Governs Both the Market and Social Events
By Bob Stokes
6/16/2011 5:15:00 PM
Most investors would expect the market to go higher on the news of bin Laden's demise, why would EWI's Robert Prechter say an event of such magnitude might cap a rally and signal lower prices ahead?...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
What Does the Tea Party’s Tumble Say about Complacency in America?
PLUS: Special socionomic analysis of the Glenn Beck rocketship, Bin Laden's death, the "Arab Spring" and the future of radical Islam.
By Nathaniel Williams
6/9/2011 11:45:00 AM
How did both the Tea Party and Glenn Beck go from accolade to insignificance in such a short period of time? The new Socionomist gives you the answer...
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Jill Noble
5/31/2011 5:30:00 PM
As June ushers in the summer season, news reports say measles cases are spreading in the U.S. and Europe. If the socionomic view of disease is correct, what do stories like this mean for public health, social mood, and the financial markets?
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nathaniel Williams
5/23/2011 1:30:00 PM
Experts continue to cast about for explanations why the "Arab Spring" erupted so suddenly -- and across such a broad region. Yet back in December 2010, before the first rocks were thrown from behind the barricades, The Socionomist made a forecast for a coming increase in violence across the region...
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Susan C. Walker
5/20/2011 11:00:00 AM
Euan Wilson of The Socionomics Institute studied the alcohol and drug prohibition eras to see if there were similarities. His research includes the role of social mood during prohibition, and provides a fascinating look at when and why society sanctions drugs -- and when society decides enough is enough.
Filed Under: Drug War, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Susan C. Walker
5/19/2011 3:30:00 PM
If you are the parent of a high school senior or college student, you've probably become wise in the ways of Higher Education, Inc. But not all is as it seems in Ivory Tower world. According to the latest study in The Socionomist, the tables are about to be turned on the industry that sends out acceptance and rejection letters every April.
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Susan C. Walker
5/12/2011 5:00:00 PM
How can a music group summarize the times and the social mood as well as reflect the stock market? Socionomics is the key, and this excerpt from The Socionomist explains how.
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Jill Noble
4/22/2011 12:30:00 PM
Notable Entrepreneur/Investor/Seer Peter Thiel joins the growing chorus who see a bubble in Higher Education -- including socionomist Alan Hall.
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nathaniel Williams
4/14/2011 10:15:00 AM
These two items are related, but it might not be immediately apparent why. One: Rebellions around the globe. Two: Coca Cola's smaller drink can. What's the connection?
Filed Under: social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Bob Stokes
4/11/2011 5:00:00 PM
Matt agreed to a Q&A about socionomics research and his doctoral dissertation. You can hear it...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Nathaniel Williams
4/7/2011 3:00:00 PM
The list of states proposing and passing bills to legalize medical marijuana continues to grow. Two years ago in The Socionomist, Euan Wilson foresaw the trend.
Filed Under: Drug War, marijuana, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics
By Bob Stokes
3/25/2011 5:45:00 PM
Can this "higher education boom" be sustained? Let me answer this way: higher education's likely future is already growing dark. The latest issue of The Socionomist observes...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist
Category: Socionomics