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Another Blowout Ahead for Credit Spreads? Credit investors aren’t worried about a thing. They sneer at the possibility of a recession. A slew of corporate defaults? Nah. Complacency is so extreme that Elliott Wave International’s December Global Market Perspective warned that a tipping point might be at hand: Two of the most important credit-market sentiment… Read more Credit Spread Blow-out Ahead

Will the Fed Do an About-Face in 2025? Would you like the ability to predict what the Fed will do with its fed funds rate? Just watch the bond market. Elliott Wave International’s August Financial Forecast did just that and predicted the Fed would “play catch up.” The chart below shows the current fed funds… Read more FED Follows the Treasury Rates

Debt, Defaults and Delinquencies (Oh My!) It’s a double whammy: U.S. credit card defaults jump to the highest level since 2010 as personal savings dry up. Expectations for the months ahead are even more glum. Elliott Wave International lay it out in their November Financial Forecast: The latest New York Fed Consumer Loan Survey reveals… Read more Defaults Jump to Highest Level Since 2010

This is Going to Shock People!”: Avi Gilburt and Bob Prechter Chat “It’s going to make 2008 look like child’s play,” says ElliottWave Trader’s Avi Gilburt when discussing the precarious balance sheets of U.S. banks with Elliott Wave International’s Robert Prechter. In the just-released webinar “A Fireside Market Chat with Robert Prechter & Avi Gilburt,”… Read more 2008 Will Look Like Child’s Play

Deflation in China: Impossible to Ignore Producer Price Index registers 22 straight months of decline Deflation’s grip on the world’s second largest economy is getting tighter. As Bloomberg noted on Sept. 9: China’s Deflationary Spiral Is Now Entering Dangerous New Stage The demand for goods has been weakening. Wages are stagnant. And, in addition to… Read more Deflation in China

Don’t Count on Fed to Rescue Economy: Here’s Why The Fed’s September lowering of the fed funds rate was greeted with widespread celebration on Wall Street. Yet, history shows that such moves by the Fed don’t always translate into a glowing economy. Elliott Wave International’s October Financial Forecast provides perspective: The August 2 issue forecast… Read more Don’t Count on FED

This Trend Will Likely Soon Rock the U.S. Financial System Why monetary inflation has been shrinking Nearly everyone who buys groceries, fills their car tank with gas, pays rent, buys car insurance and so on is talking about the high cost of living. And it’s true that consumer price inflation is higher today than before… Read more Printed Money Supply is Deflating

Is a China-Taiwan Conflict Likely? Watch the Region’s Stock Market Indexes By Mark Galasiewski | Elliott Wave International The U.S. government in early May sanctioned 300 Chinese entities for supplying machine tools and parts to Russia for its war against Ukraine, while in mid-May Russian president Vladimir Putin made a two-day visit to China. In… Read more China-Taiwan Conflict