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Stocks: Is This the “Kiss of Death” for the Bull Market? Stock market prices usually decline after this occurs. Many market observers believe that the catalyst for the next bear market will be a piece of extraordinarily bad news. However, Elliott Wave International has shown time and again that the stock market’s price action is… Read more Kiss of Death |
Record Optimism
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Next Time You See “4 Times as Many Bulls as There Are Bears,” Remember This See how stock investors’ “historic optimism” served as a warning After a 12-year uptrend, just when caution might be in order, investor psychology has remained highly and stubbornly optimistic. As the July Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, a monthly publication which… Read more Record Optimism |
Bull Market Coverage is Bearish
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Advance warnings about the recent crypto crash were there all along. How did almost everyone miss them? Anyone on Planet Earth in 2021 knows about the rise and fall of digital currencies. Even many kids are aware. But what has baffled just about everyone is what’s BEHIND the moves. This was made especially clear by… Read more Bull Market Coverage is Bearish |
Corporate Bankruptcies
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Why U.S. Corporate Bankruptcies Could Skyrocket “U.S. bankruptcies in the first quarter of 2021 and all of 2020 were above the 13-year average” An April 17 article headline on the website of National Public Radio says: U.S Economy Looking Good As Spending Jumps In March And, on April 29, The New York Times said: Americans’… Read more Corporate Bankruptcies |
The Peak in World Stocks
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“Wall Street never changes,” said Jesse Livermore, the legendary ‘boy plunger’ trader. “The pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never changes.” Livermore’s trading life started towards the end of the 1800s, just as Charles Dow was writing about the stock market in his Wall Street Journal. Dow’s… Read more The Peak in World Stocks |
Russell Index and the Meme Stocks
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Why This Stock Market Index May Be Headed for a “Bumpy Ride” On Friday, June 25, the Russell indexes underwent their annual rebalancing. In other words, stocks were moved from the Russell indexes like the Russell 2000 and Russell 1000 based on their size. This event usually coincides with a big jump in trading volume… Read more Russell Index and the Meme Stocks |
Crowded Crypto Trade Ending Badly
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Bitcoin: “Crowded Trades” Can End Badly. Here’s How to Spot One. Cryptos can hugely reward, yet just as swiftly — punish. The phrase “bank run” tends to conjure up images of the 1930’s Great Depression. However, that phrase is now applicable to the 2021 world of cryptos. This is from a June 17 coindesk.com article:… Read more Crowded Crypto Trade Ending Badly |
Non-Fungible Tokens Mania
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Cryptos: What the “Bizarre” World of Non-Fungible Tokens May Be Signaling The world of cryptos includes something known as non-fungible tokens, which go by the acronym NFTs. If you’re unfamiliar with them, they’re a bit bizarre but quite simple. Here’s what the April Global Market Perspective, a monthly Elliott Wave International publication which covers 50+… Read more Non-Fungible Tokens Mania |
Does Gold Go Up Due to Money Printing?
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What Drives Gold Prices? (Don’t Say “the Fed!”) Excerpted from Elliott Wave International’s new FREE report ” Gold Investor’s Survival Guide: 5 Principles That Help You Stay Ahead of Price Turns.” There is a glaring hole in the popular understanding of what drives gold’s price. Mainstream finance believes the Federal Reserve’s monetary and interest rate… Read more Does Gold Go Up Due to Money Printing? |
The Margin Doom
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“Fastest Jump Since 2007”: How Leveraged Investors are Courting “Doom” “Our view is that the use of margin to buy stocks is far higher than the NYSE figures indicate” The stock market uptrend has extended for more than 11 years. Even so, instead of displaying caution, investors have been borrowing to buy stocks like there’s… Read more The Margin Doom |