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
3/16/2012 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
3/8/2012 5:15:00 PM
The 1929-1933 financial collapse was of Supercycle degree. The rally that followed the 1929 low lasted only five months. But the market rally that began in 2009 has lasted three years. Why so long and when can we expect the rally to say good-bye?...
Filed Under: Elliott wave, Fibonacci, great depression, history, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, stock indexes, Traders
Category: Stocks
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
By Bob Stokes
12/23/2011 4:45:00 PM
Many people say that the Federal Reserve will just keep "printing money." But to say that the government will just keep "stimulating" is to ignore the simple truth that institutions consist of people. Even people in authority come under the influence of prevailing psychology -- which today is one of increasing...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, debt crisis, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, monetary policy, monetization, QE2, quantitative easing, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
11/1/2011 10:00:00 AM
Don't blame Martin Van Buren for America's first deflationary depression. What is more powerful than a President of the United States? The answer is...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, great depression, history, social mood, South Sea Bubble
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
10/10/2011 5:15:00 PM
Many people still talk about a "recovery," or at worst only see a possible double-dip recession. But what if the mistake was to think the economy was only in a recession in the first place?...
Filed Under: Bank of England, Ben Bernanke, central banks, debt crisis, deflation, economic depression, great depression, Treasury bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
10/4/2011 4:00:00 PM
So where are we in today's stock market pattern? We've seen a lot of hard selloffs, yes -- but we've also seen some huge rallies. Do they suggest that maybe the "panic phase" is over -- and that it's safe to get back in?...
Filed Under: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), great depression, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, U.S. STOCK MARKET, Elliott Wave Principle
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
9/22/2011 4:15:00 PM
When did fund managers have that "record commitment to stocks"? Answer: just a few months before the early May 2011 high. Take a look at the chart...
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, economic depression, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, investor psychology, market crash, market forecasts, Nasdaq Composite, Robert Prechter, sentiment, volatility
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/26/2011 5:15:00 PM
Robert Prechter then describes the market's price form, and how it should unfold in the immediate months and years ahead. After providing subscribers his thorough analysis, Prechter says...
Filed Under: Bear market, Dow Industrials, economic depression, Elliott Wave Principle, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, market forecasts, Robert Prechter, volatility
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
8/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
"...because the current bear market is of one larger degree than that of 1929-1932, the depression it creates will be deeper, which in turn means that the unemployment rate will exceed that of 1933. The peak rate in 1933 was 25 percent. Therefore, unemployment in the U.S. should rise to about..." Read the rest of this quote from the second edition of Conquer the Crash now...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, economic depression, great depression, Robert Prechter, unemployment
Category: U.S. Economy
By Jill Noble
8/5/2011 3:15:00 PM
As the market's current trend continues to unfold, take this opportunity to study the past with Robert Prechter's presentation, "Understanding the Extraordinary Value of the Elliott Wave Model: Lessons in Real-Time Application."
Filed Under: economic depression, Elliott Wave Principle, great depression, history, market crash, Robert Prechter, Ralph Nelson Elliott
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
6/30/2011 4:15:00 PM
The build-up of credit in our financial system is beyond rare; it's unprecedented in at least the past 100 years of U.S. history. See the chart...
Filed Under: consumer credit, credit crisis, credit rating, deflation, Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, gross domestic product (GDP), history, monetary policy, Robert Prechter, safe haven
Category: U.S. Economy
By Bob Stokes
6/20/2011 6:00:00 PM
Could the bullish author be right -- that the next leg up will be even bigger than the rally that began in early 2009? Or will a very different market scenario unfold?...
Filed Under: Bear market, bull market, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott Wave Theorist, great depression, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Bob Stokes
6/14/2011 5:00:00 PM
Robert Prechter's observation is based on facts and financial history. He shows that three of the biggest market declines of the past 300 years did indeed...
Filed Under: conquer the crash, economic depression, great depression, Robert Prechter, stock indexes
Category: U.S. Economy
By Nico Isaac
5/31/2011 5:45:00 PM
Filed Under: bull market, crude oil, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Elliott wave, great depression, momentum, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
4/25/2011 5:15:00 PM
How often did you hear the phrase "Rational Bubble" used in 2006 and early 2007, to describe the speculative fever in stock prices, credit, and home values? The phrase was consistent with the EMH, which said that because the bubble was born of "rational" risk-taking, its undoing would be gradual. The euphoria would be tamed by a "healthy correction" (or "soft landing"), and ultimately a "return to normalcy."
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, credit crisis, Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Elliott Wave Theorist, Elliott Wave trading, great depression, Robert Prechter
Category: Stocks
By Nico Isaac
2/22/2011 4:15:00 PM
From FM to AM, the boob tube to the youtube, one message is coming through the mainstream financial satellites loud and clear: The U.S. stock market's "dead cat bounce" off its 2009 low has turned into a heart-pounding puma with claws out to tear any bear apart in its tracks. And, as far as many experts can see, the current run-up is equivalent to one specific period in stock market history: the game-changing rally off the 1932 low.
Filed Under: 1929 Stock Market Crash, bull market, conquer the crash, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), great depression, investor psychology, Robert Prechter, S&P 500
Category: Stocks
By Jill Noble
1/27/2011 2:00:00 PM
To understand today's crisis -- and to be prepared for what's still to come -- demands a full grasp of how we got here. Prechter and Kendall's The Mania Chronicles offers all this at your fingertips.
Filed Under: Elliott Wave Principle, great depression, Ralph Nelson Elliott, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, South Sea Bubble
Category: Cultural Trends
By Nico Isaac
1/13/2011 1:45:00 PM
In October 2010, I wrote about real estate short sales in an article titled, "An End To Easy Lending: The Irony and Agony of Real Estate." The irony was that there's nothing SHORT about trying to buy a house via a short sale. It's usually the longest, most drawn out means of buying a home -- and it often ends in failure. As an example, I provided my own experience of jumping through hoops for three months as I waited for the bank to approve my own short sale offer on a totally affordable apartment -- only to be denied.
Filed Under: conquer the crash, great depression, housing prices
Category: Real Estate