Category: Economy

By Editorial Staff, Elliott Wave International The following market analysis is courtesy of Bob Prechter's Elliott Wave International. Elliott Wave International is currently offering Bob's recent Elliott Wave Theorist, free. Continuing—and Looming—Deflationary Forces The Fed and the government quite effectively advertise their efforts to inflate the supply of money and credit. But deflationary forces, to… Read more Signs of Deflation You Might Not be Able to See Clearly

By Editorial Staff In 2002, Elliott Wave International's president Robert Prechter published his New York Times and Wall Street Journal business best-seller Conquer the Crash, a prescient book that explained why a financial crisis was inevitable and predicted almost exactly how it would unfold. Now in the 2nd edition, Conquer the Crash remains a very… Read more Enjoy 8 Free Chapters from Robert Prechter’s Conquer the Crash

By Elliott Wave International In the November 2009 issue of Elliott Wave International's monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, co-editors Steven Hochberg and Peter Kendall published a careful study of Goldman Sachs history — and made a sobering forecast for its future. In this special three-part series, we will release the entire Special Report to you… Read more Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part III

By Vadim Pokhlebkin April 16, (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud on Friday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the structuring and marketing of a debt product tied to subprime mortgages. Shocked? Most of the subscribers to Elliott Wave International's monthly Elliott Wave Financial Forecast probably weren't. In the… Read more Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud: Who Could Have Guessed? Part 1

By Editorial Staff This is an excerpt from Elliott Wave International's free Club EWI resource, "What Can a Fractal Teach Me About the Stock Market?" by EWI's president Robert Prechter. In the 1930s, Ralph Nelson Elliott described the stock market as a fractal — an object that is similarly shaped at different scales. Scientists today… Read more The Stock Market Is Patterned — Here’s Proof

Enjoy your 8 free chapters from Prechter’s Conquer the Crash — the book that foresaw what others have missed. March 16, 2010 By Editorial Staff There is no question that Robert Prechter’s Conquer the Crash foresaw and explained nearly every chapter of today’s financial crisis, years before it happened. Enjoy your 8 free chapters from… Read more What To Do With Your Pension Plan

The following article is an excerpt from Elliott Wave International's free Club EWI resource, "The Guide to Understanding Deflation. Robert Prechter's Most Important Writings on Deflation." The Primary Precondition of Deflation Deflation requires a precondition: a major societal buildup in the extension of credit. Bank credit and Elliott wave expert Hamilton Bolton, in a 1957… Read more Surviving Deflation: First, Understand It

By Editorial Staff Government debt is no longer just a problem for emerging countries. Portugal, Spain, France and Greece (as we have seen in recent weeks) are living in fear of credit default. Consequently, the value of their credit default swaps is skyrocketing. The following is an excerpt from the February issue of Global Market… Read more More Credit Default Swaps Means Trouble for European Debt

By Editorial Staff Investor expectations are decidely bullish right now, and many people expect an economic turnaround this year. What do the underlying economic conditions suggest? The Chinese mall "The Place" demonstrates the contrast between investor hope and economic reality. The following is an excerpt from the February issue of Global Market Perspective. For a… Read more What Chinese Malls Tell Us about the Economic Reality

By Editorial Staff Over 100 banks are opening soon, buying junk bonds is gaining popularity and emerging markets are the trendy investment. Sound familiar? Europe appears to be returning to some bad investment habits.  The following is an excerpt from the February issue of Global Market Perspective. For a limited time, you can visit Elliott… Read more Europe’s Return to Risky Investment

Bernanke’s Burn Notice: Why Now? Research Reveals Insight Into Fed Chairman’s Popularity By Elliott Wave International Like a spy who gets a burn notice, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has suddenly lost his support. Bernanke has gone from being Time magazine's Man of the Year in 2009 to … what? A Fed chairman embroiled in… Read more Bernanke’s Burn Notice

By Robert Prechter The following article is an excerpt from Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. For more information from Robert Prechter on bank safety, download his free report, Discover the Top 100 Safest U.S. Banks. Perhaps the single greatest reason for the unbridled expansion of credit over the past 50 years is the existence of… Read more The FDIC Anesthesia Is Wearing Off