By Vadim Pokhlebkin
5/7/2012 9:15:00 PM
Bonds are a stepchild of the financial news world. Stocks, forex, energy, commodities -- all those markets get their spotlight many times a day on financial TV and in other media. Bonds, not so much. Bonds are complicated. For starters, there are lots of different bonds: Treasury, sovereign, agency, municipal, corporate; high-grade and high-yield (a.k.a. junk), etc. Then you have bond prices and bond yields; when one goes up, the other one goes down… Now multiply that across a dozen different nations. There is a lot going on.
Filed Under: Bear market, debt, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, europe, European debt crisis, eurozone, Interest Rates, safe haven, trade targets, U.S. Treasuries
Category: Interest Rates
By Nico Isaac
4/20/2012 5:30:00 PM
It’s been over two years since the European Central Bank began its open-heart surgery of the eurozone's anemic economy. So far, the procedure has included an unprecedented $3 trillion-plus in bailouts, monetary transfusions, AND toxic debt transplants. Yet, according to a recent slew of discomforting news reports, the economies across the pond would still flatline in seconds without constant life support.
Filed Under: bailouts, banks, central banks, Club EWI, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, eurozone, monetary policy
Category: European Markets
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 Alexandra Lienhard
4/16/2012 3:15:00 PM
Robert Prechter talks with Financial Sense Newshour host Jim Puplava about the debt debacle and the power of long term market cycles. He offers advice on how to protect your assets and keep your investments safe.
Filed Under: interview, Robert Prechter, market cycles, debt
Category: U.S. Economy
By Nico Isaac
3/30/2012 6:30:00 PM
Let's hear it for European equities. The major stock markets across the pond saw their best first-quarter winning streak since 2006. And while many experts are waiting to see how the markets deal with Europe's austerity measures -- the April 2012 European Financial Forecast lets the cat out the bag: "European Stocks Have Already Signaled" their next move. Take note, because this is what it feels like to watch history in the making.
Filed Under: AEX, banks, CAC40, DAX, debt, diversification, Elliott wave, Elliott Wave trading, eu, euro, euro stoxx 50, europe, european central bank, European debt crisis, european markets, European Union (EU), eurozone, FTSE, Greek debt, inflation, Swiss Market Index (SMI)
Category: European Markets
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 Alexandra Lienhard
3/15/2012 2:00:00 PM
The Fed isn't the only world central bank in debt. Watch as Steve Hochberg, EWI's chief market analyst, shows what has happened to GDP in countries around the world as central banks try to get liquidity into the system.
Filed Under: video, steve hochberg, the fed, debt, world central banks
Category: U.S. Economy
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 Nico Isaac
1/12/2012 4:45:00 PM
On the financial playground, long-term bonds are generally the last picked for the winning team -- well behind equities, commodities, high-yield (junk) bonds, even the barely established emerging markets. The reason being: the amount of time it takes to actually reap the fruits of your return. BUT, as a January 5, 2012 CNBC articlereveals, the asset that supposedly nobody loves has outperformed them all.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, deflation, Elliott wave, emerging markets, hyperinflation, inflation, Interest Rates, liquidity, prechter, QE2, quantitative easing, social mood, Treasury bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries
Category: U.S. Economy
By Editorial Staff
1/10/2012 10:45:00 AM
Many people think that government intervention in the credit markets will cause major inflation. It's a complex issue to understand, but perhaps this analogy will help clarify what has really been happening.
Filed Under: banks, central banks, consumer credit, credit crisis, debt, debt crisis, debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S., deflation, inflation, prechter
Category: U.S. Economy
By Alexandra Lienhard
11/28/2011 3:00:00 PM
EWI's Chief Market Analyst, Steve Hochberg, joined MarketWrap Radio host, Moe Ansari, on November 7, 2011. Hochberg talked about the Elliott wave patterns unfolding in the market and what recent price action means for the long-term trend. Enjoy the 12-minute interview.
Filed Under: Bear market, debt, deflation, interview, stock market cycles
Category: Stocks
Will The Fed's "Operation Twist" Turn The Economy Around?
Why is Ben Bernanke's goal lower interest rates when EWI's Short Term Update's chart shows that 10-year bond yields are already at a five-decade low?
By Nico Isaac
9/20/2011 3:30:00 PM
Get out your dancing shoes, cuz this Wednesday (September 21) the Federal Reserve Bank is widely expected to "do the twist" -- "Operation Twist,"that is. The strategy (named for the Chubby Checker tune), was first introduced in the 1960s as a tried -- and failed -- method of using monetary policy to turn (or twist) the yield curve in a favorable, i.e. economic growth-inducing, direction.
Filed Under: Bernanke, central banks, credit crisis, debt, Elliott wave, Robert Prechter, Short Term Update, Treasury bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), U.S. Treasuries
Category: U.S. Economy
(VIDEO) Prechter: "The Trend Is Exhausted"
The August Elliott Wave Theorist gives you an important review of ALL of the indicators and ALL of the charts that Prechter has shown subscribers over the past year
By Alexandra Lienhard
9/16/2011 11:30:00 AM
What is the real problem with today's market? Watch this excerpt from Robert Prechter's special, video issue of the August Elliott Wave Theorist. Prechter explains how the buildup of dollar-denominated debt has brought us to what he calls a critical market juncture.
Filed Under: debt, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, hyperinflation, inflation, Robert Prechter, safe haven, U.S. STOCK MARKET, video
Category: Stocks