Category: Stock Market

Margin debt hits $1.13T — 20% above the 2021 peak! That’s euphoria in numbers. And it’s not the full story: hidden leverage is everywhere. Get free insights from @elliottwaveintl

Market warning signs are popping up everywhere! Here’s another one that you can share with your audience. The chart below, Market Vane’s Bullish Consensus data, which tracks the buy and sell recommendations by analysts and commodity trading advisors. The current reading of 70 was exceeded only twice since 2010. December 2024 & January 2018 – both ahead of market peaks.… Read more At the Peak

A must-read report! 18 charts uncover just how stretched today’s investor optimism has become… and why it’s making today’s market the most dangerous in history. Check it out – free! Download now! Stocks don’t just look expensive… they’re off the charts.   A ratio that’s now 4x higher than 2009’s low. In 2009, the Buffett… Read more The Most Dangerous Market in History

Record low cash levels in pension and mutual funds. Investors are all-in on stocks. Will cash ever be king again? Chart from @elliottwaveintl’s Cool Charts Issue: [click to signup] Investors are all-in on stocks

‘Investors always want the most at the END of any advance’ On December 6, within two days of the Dow’s all-time high, the Elliott Wave Financial Forecast offered this unique insight: “Leverage is investors’ real-money way of expressing an extremely positive social mood, which prompts the thought, “I want more.” Investors always want the most… Read more Extremes at the Peak

Tesla’s Troubles — Is it Musk or is it More? Tesla tumbled 15% on March 10, its biggest single day drop in more than five years. Elliott Wave International’s March Global Market Perspective provides this insight: The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is also more vulnerable than most people realize. In March 2023, when a… Read more Tesla’s Troubles – Is it Musk or is it More?

Valuations Are at the Furthest Edge of the Financial Solar System Figure 1 updates our history of year-end valuations for stocks of S&P companies on two bases: price to book value (Y axis) and dividend yield (X axis). I thought the year-end 2021 overvaluation would never be surpassed. But as you can see, the year-end… Read more Stock Market Excessive Overvaluation in 2025

Why Stock-Market Success Is Usually Only Temporary Here’s a sample of record sentiment readings for stocks Recession coming or not, people are still EXTREMELY bullish. Read this excerpt from the May 17, 2024 Elliott Wave Theorist: Record Sentiment Readings for Stocks Investors are enamored with stocks that pay little or nothing in the way of… Read more Another Extreme Sentiment in Stocks

What You Can Learn from Europe’s “Dow Theory”-esque Non-confirmation By Brian Whitmer | European Financial Forecast editor Charles Dow (yes, the one with the averages named after him) developed a foundational concept in technical analysis that requires that price movement in industrial stocks and transportation shares confirm one another. The main condition for a Dow… Read more Non-Confirmation in Europe

Stoxx Europe 600: What Signs of Investor Exuberance Keep Telling Us Every day, you read news stories about the state of the economy and the stock market affecting consumer and investor behavior. The story goes something like this: When the economy and financial markets show signs of improvement, consumers start to spend more, and investors… Read more Calm in the markets