The basis for analysis and forecasting at Elliott Wave International is fundamentally different from everyone else’s. Here’s a prime example in gold. This excerpt is from the March Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, when gold was trading below $2,050/oz. Gold’s three-month implied volatility has declined to its lowest level in over four years. While low volatility READ MORE |
How to Read a Price Chart
Want to Learn How to “Read” a Price Chart? Start Here. See how Elliott wave patterns “subsume” other technical analysis chart patterns Some investors who are fans of technical analysis may not realize that another way to look at many classic chart patterns — for example, Head and Shoulders — is to describe them in READ MORE |
Place Your Bets
Are You a “Betting Man”? Then Take a Look — and Make Your Bet. I have spent much of my career among professional traders. By nature, traders are a betting crowd; if they can’t bet on the markets, they’ll bet on something else. A monthly highlight on trading floors was always the ‘NFP Sweepstake,’ where READ MORE |
Key Price Pattern
FX, Stocks, Commodities, Cryptos… Learn How to Know When This Key Price Pattern is Over (Video) By Elliott Wave International “12345-ABC.” That’s a basic Elliott wave pattern in a nutshell. That “12345” is a so-called impulse, and it’s a key price pattern to know, because impulses point in the direction of the larger trend. In READ MORE |
New York Art Auctions Send a Hint
What New York City’s Art Auctions Tell You About the Stock Market — and Social Mood The fall and spring auctions in New York City are the art market’s bellwether sales events. And according to The New York Times, the results from the City’s spring art auction season “tell a story of a masterpiece market READ MORE |
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Property Prices: Why the Decline May Have Just Started This index has already retreated 20% since May 2022 The major bust in property prices 15 to 20 years ago started with the residential real estate market. This time, the commercial real estate market may have taken the lead. Here are some recent headlines: [“Shark READ MORE |
Record Extreme in Stocks
Stocks: What This “Record Extreme” May Be Signaling “The total easily exceeds the prior net long extreme” When most everyone agrees on the future trend of a market, it’s almost guaranteed that the market will go in the other direction — sooner rather than later. The reason why is that there is no one left READ MORE |
US Real Estate Owned by Investors
U.S. Real Estate: A 24% Problem “…24% of U.S. single family homes are owned by investors.” A big reason that U.S. home prices have skyrocketed is that big investors like corporations did a lot of buying. As a Redfin.com headline noted nearly two years ago (Feb. 16, 2022): Real Estate Investors Are Buying a Record READ MORE |
Report on Commodities
As Geopolitical Fires Obscure Commodities’ Path, This FREE Report Illuminates It! Crisis, crisis everywhere. But objective, free from the noise of the news, forecasting of commodity prices starts here, with our free Special Report ($155 value). The geopolitical landscape is wracked. War in Ukraine, humanitarian crisis in Syria, and now, what Vox Media on October READ MORE |
Mom and Pop Rushes in
Investing: What You Can Learn from Mom and Pop “The highest commitment to stocks since the record levels of early 2000” We all love Mom and Pop and cherish the valuable lessons about life they’ve given us along the way. Yet, when it comes to investing, Mom and Pop may need to learn some lessons READ MORE |
Bear Market Leader
“Bear Market Leader”? Here’s a Prime Candidate This stock market sector has failed to recover since the Dow’s Q1 correction As you may know, in every bull or bear market, some stocks or sector lead while others follow. So, the “leadership” in the stock market works both ways — in uptrends and down. The rally READ MORE |
Stock Market’s Character Has Changed
Stock Market’s Character Has Changed — Here’s How We’re watching the VIX or “fear index” to see what’s next Stock market investors naturally want to know the closing numbers for the main stock indexes at the end of each trading day. Yet, it’s also good to dig deeper. Let me show you some examples of READ MORE |
Seasonal Tendencies
Stocks: Keep This in Mind About Seasonal Tendencies “In 1987 and 2000, the month of August presented a great chance to sell stocks” Many investors know that some time periods of the year tend to be more bullish for stocks, like the holiday season. Other times tend to be more bearish, like September and October. READ MORE |
Earnings Season
Here’s What You Need to Know About Earnings Season Investing based on earnings “is akin to driving down the highway looking only in the rearview mirror” Many investors and financial journalists believe that corporate earnings play a substantial role in driving stock market prices. This headline from a few months ago captures the traditional thinking READ MORE |
Insiders Selling
Pay Attention to This Group of Investors (They Know More) The stock market actions of corporate insiders is revealing It stands to reason that executives of a corporation know more about the goings-on of their business than outsiders. So, it’s wise to pay attention to their stock market actions regarding their own shares. Yes, the READ MORE |