Category: Stock Market

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The Single Most Reliable Indicator The market is falling and has just broken the neck down in the widely watches head and shoulders pattern. Those who are trading stocks, the savvy ones who prefer stock market timing instead of buy and hold are shorting the stocks. Most people pay attention to the news and events… Read more A Reliable Stock Market Indicator

Technical analysis helps in recognizing the markets direction and possible turning points. There is no one-size fits all silver bullet solution to get you ahead of the crowd all the time. By definition, only the few will make money in the stock market. And we can use some tools to enhance the odds in our… Read more Spotting Trade Setups

News? The Fed? The Real Answers Will Surprise You Bernanke made his QE2 promise real and started to print money again. Ironically the day of his announcement marked the low in US dollar index and dollar started to rally. Similarly, treasuries and mortgage rates staged their multi week rally after the announcement of QE2. We… Read more What Really Moves the Markets

Rumors are, the U.S. government “is propping up the stock market.” By Elliott Wave International Out of thousands of questions recently submitted to us at Elliott Wave International, the most frequent one received is: “Can the Fed manipulate the stock market?” Read our expert’s answer on this and other misleading “investment wisdom.” Read more. You… Read more Is the Plunge Protection Team Manipulating Stocks?

A Classic Technical Pattern Agrees with the Elliott Wave Count: Slicing the Neckline In the August issue of his Elliott Wave Theorist, market forecaster Robert Prechter alerted readers that the U.S. stock market was slicing the neckline of a classic head-and-shoulders pattern in technical analysis, and that this may send the market into critical condition.… Read more Slicing the Neckline: A Classic Technical Pattern

Chinese GDP growth was more than 10% according to yesterday’s report. China is taking steps to clamp down on credit expansion to avoid an over heating economy. As you likely know, the Asian markets have become an undeniable force in the global economy, and they have provided some of the most exciting investment opportunities in… Read more Is it time to invest in China and Japan?

Prechter on CNBC: Market Pro: Long Bear Market Looming Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International, tells host Maria Bartiromo why he sees dark days ahead on CNBC’s Closing Bell. Download Your FREE 50-Page Ultimate Technical Analysis Handbook In this free 50-page eBook from Bob Prechter’s Elliott Wave International, you will discover some of the… Read more Long Bear Market Looming

By Elliott Wave International Approximately three out of four stocks go down in a bear market. This ratio doesn’t just apply to high beta names; historically, 75 percent of all stocks go down when the general market falls. Considering we could be headed into a severe bear market (read Bob Prechter’s latest special two-issue Elliott… Read more ‘Defensive’ Stocks: Are They the Ticket in a Downturn?