By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/26/2012 3:15:00 PM
Today, you truly have the world at your fingertips. It’s easier than ever for you to get exposure to global markets, especially given the explosion in ETFs. But how do you decide which market is most worthy of your attention? And how do you know if your forecasting source is qualified and objective? With that in mind, I sat down with EWI's Mark Galasiewski, a monthly contributor to the "Asian-Pacific Stocks Section" of our Global Market Perspective.
Filed Under: Asia Dollar Index, ASX All Ordinaries, Bank of Japan, BRIC, buy and hold, Chinese markets, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, emerging markets, Indian markets, investment decisions, investment strategy, Nikkei, SENSEX, Shanghai Composite Index, stock indexes, Taiwan index, technical analysis, technical indicators
Category: Global Markets
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/15/2012 5:15:00 PM
Most investors see share buybacks like this one as bullish for the broad stock market. Says one investment strategist: "If the corporate community really agreed on the idea we’re heading to a recession, they wouldn’t be buying back their stock." That logic makes perfect sense…until you dig a little deeper.
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
1/9/2012 6:00:00 PM
Companies favored by the conventional wisdom as good for the long run may not even live to see the "long run," let alone perform well along the way. In the just published January Financial Forecast, you'll see a chart of a well-known "blue chip" which appears to be ready for a "meltdown"...
Filed Under: buy and hold, Dow Industrials, Elliott Wave Theorist, financial forecast, Gold
Category: Stocks
By Editorial Staff
10/17/2011 1:15:00 PM
Do you remember mainstream financial news from back in January and February of this year? It had one clear message: the bear market in US stocks was D-E-A-D. Here, the following headlines from the time say plenty...
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, buy and hold, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, Elliott Wave Theorist, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
7/27/2011 5:15:00 PM
A few who take the first "bath" realize that it's time to get out. But many "hang on" all the down. Some will try to catch the bottom -- repeatedly. But to their dismay, the price keeps falling...
Filed Under: buy and hold, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, mania, risk management, stock indexes, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
6/9/2011 3:15:00 PM
Before you join the crowd in thinking that shrinking trade gap is bullish for stocks, read this excerpt from the 2011 edition of our popular free Club EWI resource, The Independent Investor eBook.
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, Club EWI, deficit, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), economic depression, Nasdaq Composite, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), QE2, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/4/2011 5:30:00 PM
Please read these financial news headlines and then take a guess as to when they were published...
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, credit crisis, Elliott wave, housing prices, International Monetary Fund (IMF), nonfarm payrolls, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries, unemployment
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
4/8/2011 4:30:00 PM
The public's commitment to US equities is starting to resemble a country western song. Investors have chosen to "stand by their stocks," come what may in global politics and finance, including one of the most politically unstable climates in recent history, as civil protests and military conflict spreads across the Middle East and North Africa. But like the lyrics says: Been down so low, there's only one place left to go -- up.
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), eurozone, housing prices, inflation, investor psychology, pension funds, sentiment, U.S. dollar, Wall Street
Category: Stocks
Happy 2nd Anniversary, "Bull Market": How Many More Do You Have Left?
Elliott Wave International's March 2011 Financial Forecast research publication tells you whether or not the stock market's upside momentum really supports the case for a long-term bull market
By Nico Isaac
3/10/2011 10:45:00 AM
March 9 was the second anniversary of the rally in U.S. stocks off their March 9, 2009 bottom. And, judging by the slew of "Happy Birthday, Bull!" headlines splashed across the mainstream financial media circuit, one can safely assume that the last remaining fence-sitters have finally jumped off and joined the "buy-and-hold" party. But that's exactly the problem with conventional approach to market forecasting: As a rule, mainstream bears get more bearish at the bottom, while bulls only turn more bullish as market tops. And when the turn comes -- surprise!
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, diversification, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, momentum, quantitative easing, Robert Prechter, sentiment
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
2/15/2011 9:30:00 PM
At EWI's Message Board, we receive great questions from subscribers and free Club EWI members daily. Here's one that deserves an expanded answer: "Can you please explain what you mean by the phrase, 'The news doesn't make the market, rather the market makes the news'?" This is a radically different concept than the conventional assumptions about how the financial world works. EWI's president Robert Prechter pioneered the very idea that the news is irrelevant to markets, and has written extensively about it; he calls it "socionomics." Here's an essay by Prechter on the topic.
Filed Under: bull market, buy and hold, Campaign for Independent Thinking, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), earnings, Elliott Wave Principle, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, S&P 500, social mood, socionomics, trading lessons
Category: Stocks
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 Gary Grimes
12/15/2010 1:45:00 PM
Despite near-unanimous endorsement among mainstream advisors, the strategy of portfolio diversification has a huge, glaring flaw: Namely, when large sums of liquidity begin to flow into global investment markets, formerly disparate trends become strongly correlated. And markets that go up together ultimately go down together; in turn, the value of diversified portfolios goes down with them.
Filed Under: buy and hold, Campaign for Independent Thinking, diversification, liquidity, risk management
Category: Stocks
Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths, Part IV
The world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests economists' "Claim #3: 'Expanding U.S. trade deficit is bad for economy and bearish for stock prices.'”
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
12/13/2010 11:15:00 AM
This is Part IV of the series "Robert Prechter Dispels 10 Popular Investment Myths," where EWI president explains why traditional financial models failed -- and why they are doomed to fail again (and again). Here, the world's foremost Elliott wave practitioner tests economists' "Claim #3: 'Expanding U.S. trade deficit is bad for economy and bearish for stock prices.'”
Filed Under: buy and hold, earnings, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Principle, Robert Prechter, socionomics
Category: Stocks
By Robert Folsom
11/30/2010 4:45:00 PM
The experts may well drivel on about how people should "buy and hold for the long run," but any claim that most investors actually do so during both bull and bear markets is complete rubbish. More rubbish still is the assumption that the stock indexes reflect in any way the actual gains of equity investors themselves. Those two measures DO NOT CORRELATE.
The evidence for no such correlation is overwhelming, as is the evidence that the only market investors really hold is a BEAR market.
Filed Under: Bear market, buy and hold, personal finance, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
8/24/2010 2:30:00 PM
After the failure of so many conventional financial and economic models in the 2007-2009 stock market crash ("Efficient Market Hypothesis," "Buy-and-Hold," etc.) many investors have realized that it's time to start thinking independently. If you are one of them, you will enjoy the free Club EWI resource we've created for you: the 188-page Independent Investor eBook packed with charts and insights that dispel many financial myths. Enjoy this quick excerpt...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, gross domestic product (GDP), buy and hold, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
Category: Stocks
By Susan C. Walker
4/30/2009 5:15:00 PM
The recent current events game has been to rate our new President's first 100 days in office. How about turning the tables and rating the way most of us have dealt with investing over the past 100 days?
Filed Under: buy and hold
Category: U.S. Economy
By Robert Folsom
2/29/2008 5:45:00 PM
After all, half the households in America own equities via 401k accounts, mutual funds, IRAs, common stocks, etc., etc. Whatever the vehicle, people who own equities get in for "the long term." The "rational" advice of nearly all financial "experts" is for people to "buy and hold" in bull and bear markets. So that's exactly what investors do.
Right?
If you believe that, dear reader, then have I got a Biscayne Bay condo for you. The "experts" may well drivel on about how people should buy & hold, but any claim that most investors actually do so during bull and bear markets is complete rubbish....
Filed Under: buy and hold, personal finance, technical analysis
Category: Stocks