Category: Stock Market

Natural Gas: Here’s What Happened After a “Double Top” A key technical pattern warns of a reversal It probably won’t be a surprise to you that Elliott Wave International is an advocate of technical analysis. After all, the Elliott wave method is a form of technical analysis. You probably know that the term “technical analysis” READ MORE

Stocks: How Sentiment Measures Offer Clues About What’s Likely Next Insights into the stock market as a fractal Elliott Wave International’s analysts track dozens of indicators, and our U.S. Short Term Update pays particular attention to those which may offer clues about the near-term. Consider this analysis from the Sept. 26 U.S. Short Term Update, READ MORE

Yes, Elliott Waves Work with Individual Stocks — Here’s How “The primary value of the Wave Principle is that it provides a context for market analysis” Elliott waves reflect the repetitive patterns of mass psychology — so they are ideally suited for analyzing the widely traded main stock indexes. On the other hand, thinly traded READ MORE

Bear Market Rallies: Here’s a Key Insight How investors get snookered into the belief of “a further market advance” Nothing raises the hopes of the bullishly inclined like a rapid bear market rally. And there’s been several since the early January top in the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 index. You may be interested in READ MORE

Why Most Investors Are “Doomed” to Miss Major Market Turns “The arrows show how conventional futurists approach forecasting” The reason why most investors miss key turns in financial markets is that they linearly extrapolate a trend into the future. If a market is going down, these investors expect that market to continue to go down READ MORE

Here’s Why IPOs Will Likely Dwindle to Near Zero “The IPO market is fizzling” Financial activity is usually abuzz during times of financial optimism, such as the issuance of initial public offerings (IPOs). An IPO means that a company is transitioning from private to public ownership. The process involves selling shares to the public for READ MORE

The Dow Industrials’ Big 8-Wave Cycle is Incomplete “We finally understand our full Elliott wave position” The Wave Principle’s basic pattern includes five waves in the direction of the larger trend, followed by three corrective waves, as illustrated in both bull and bear markets below: Keep in mind that the stock market is a fractal, READ MORE

Another One Bites the Dust – The Deflation of Netflix Bubbles are popping, one by one. The share price of Netflix plummeted last week, coinciding with news that it is losing subscribers, a big change after years of growth. The media and conventional analysts will, of course, link the cause of the share price decline READ MORE

M&As: Beware of This Major Sign of a Stock Market Top Here’s what often precedes “prolonged and devastating bear markets” Inside the three publications that comprise Elliott Wave International’s flagship Financial Forecast Service, Elliott Wave International recently documented the many expressions of “financial optimism.” Things like crypto mania. Or meme stocks. Or just buying any READ MORE

Insights into a “Remarkable” NASDAQ Development Here’s what usually happens in the stock market when “the troops abandon the generals” You’ve probably heard the phrase: “Appearances can be deceiving.” In other words, it’s usually wise to “take a closer look” because the truth may not be obvious. This applies to various circumstances of life — READ MORE

Has Crypto-Mania Finally Run Its Course? Here’s a high-profile parallel between tech- and crypto-mania When a company that’s part of a major financial trend buys the naming rights to a professional sports stadium or arena, watch out! History suggests that such a prominent move might be a sign that the fortunes of that company are READ MORE

Junk Bonds Are Sending a Signal to Stock Investors Something happened just before the historic 2007 stock market top — and it’s happening again. It’s generally known that stocks are risky. It all hinges on how “hungry” investors are. So, if investors’ appetite for risk starts to diminish, it stands to reason that this is READ MORE

How “Hot” Stock Market Ideas Can Burn Investors The Meme Stock Index sees a 36% decline since January. On July 30, this headline appeared on a well-known investment website: It’s Definitely Possible to Make a Fortune Off Meme Stocks And, it’s definitely true that many investors, especially newbies, have tried. As you probably know, “meme” READ MORE

“Everybody’s Getting Rich (and Having Fun) Except Me” The idea of “missing out” on stock market gains “literally generates fear in many people” Hardly anyone wants to miss the party — whether on Wall Street or elsewhere. Thus, the acronym FOMO — which stands for the “fear of missing out” — is in vogue. After READ MORE