The Next Major Disaster Developing for Bond Holders A must-read FREE report for investors in fixed-income markets like Treasury bonds, municipal bonds or high-yield bonds November 4, 2010 By Elliott Wave International This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline The Next Major Disaster Developing for Bond Holders. […]
Most casual stock market investors do not pay too much attention to the current price of the various different commodities such as oil, gold and copper, for example. However these current prices can have a major bearing on the value of the main stock market indices. Just take a look at the FTSE 100 companies, […]
You must have heard about the famous DOW Index and the S&P 500 Index. But have you ever heard about the US Dollar Index. Just like these stock market indices, USD Dollar Index is used to measure the strength or weakness of US Dollar (USD) against a basket of currencies. This index is very helpful […]
Learning to trade opening gaps is one type of stock trading strategy that many traders wind up looking into and trying, at one point or another in their journey. Since stock trading has an “excitement” factor about it already, opening gaps add even more excitement on top (no pun intended). This is one of the […]
November 1st, 2010 This week we have a major wild card (Election) happening on Tuesday. Most of you know I don’t get involved with political discussion for several reasons… one of them being that I am Canadian “an outsider” looking in. That being said, it looks and feels as though the market has been propped […]
What is the ADX and how should a trader use it? Firstly, the ADX stands for the Average Directional Index. But apart from knowing what it stands for, how can a trader take advantage of it? I’m hopeful the following article will help to answer this. The ADX indicator measures the strength of a trend […]
How often have you heard analysts refer to a down day on Wall Street as “traders taking profits”? Sounds great, but the sobering fact is that most traders — in futures, commodities, or forex — lose money. Any book on trading will list for you the many reasons why most traders lose. Yet some traders do win; […]
How often have you heard analysts refer to a down day on Wall Street as “traders taking profits”? Sounds great, but the sobering fact is that most traders — in futures, commodities, or forex — lose money. Any book on trading will list for you the many reasons why most traders lose. Yet some traders do win; […]
By Lane Clark BEta2 Ltd Trader Lane Clark talks about the factors affecting the Forex / FX markets. Although exchange rates are affected by many factors, in the end, currency prices are a result of supply and demand forces. Supply and demand factors are constantly shifting, and the price of one currency in relation to […]
Announcements: Robert Prechter and the folks over at Elliott Wave International have just released an urgent new report for bond holders and mutual fund investors. Prechter’s report, The Next Major Disaster Developing for Bond Holders, is the first of its kind from EWI. Never before has the world’s largest technical analysis firm published such extensive […]
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. This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline The […]
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 will find many intriguing Q&As at EWI’s Message Board. We offer it as a free […]
Fixed odds financial trading is a relatively new and potentially profitable way in which profits can be made from the financial markets. It is designed to be both simple to understand and easy to execute, making it particularly suitable for newcomers looking to profit from the financial markets. A unique feature of fixed odds and […]
The first key to making 120 pips in one day is realizing that you might not be able to make 120 pips every day. I know this seems obvious but it is a very important concept to understand. It’s possible that if your trading plan requires you to make a set number of pips every […]
Back in late February 2009 I decided enough was enough, and I stuck my neck out and called for a massive bull market in stocks. I based this prediction purely on Elliott Wave patterns I identified as bottoming and the sentiment gauges were off the charts bearish. We had not seen sentiment that negative since […]
Oct 14th Its been an interesting week with stocks, commodities and currencies having a knee jerk reaction to the FOMC minutes released Tuesday afternoon. In short the Fed clearly said there must be more quantitative easing before things will get better. It was this news which triggered a rally in both stocks and commodities. Quantitative […]
If you have just learned technical analysis, you may be overwhelmed by all the indicators that you have to base your predictions on. You may not be able to use all the indicators and be able to make a decision on time, so we’re listing down the 5 best technical indicators used by forex trading […]
Over the weekend, I went shopping for Halloween decorations. In the store, one of the clerks was wearing a white T-shirt with a puff-paint rendering of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The line representing prices was the color of blood red, dripping and splashed across the front. When I asked him what it was, he […]
Over the weekend, I went shopping for Halloween decorations. In the store, one of the clerks was wearing a white T-shirt with a puff-paint rendering of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The line representing prices was the color of blood red, dripping and splashed across the front. When I asked him what it was, he […]
If you were a lone bull in a herd of stampeding buffalo, your survival instincts would tell you to follow the herd, regardless of its direction. The same is true for the successful trader or investor maneuvering within the financial herd called the Stock Market. As trader psychology changes, so do the Markets. The Elliott […]
You won’t always win. You won’t always be right. “Risk” isn’t just a word! Everything we do entails some risk. The risk spectrum varies from minimal to suicidal. Our natural instinct is to minimise risk – but sometimes we embrace it for additional reward. The reward might be an adrenalin rush, the esteem of others, […]
Every trader or active investor at times wishes they could pick the brain of a pro that has “pulled the trigger” on real-money trades before. EWI Director of Analysis Wayne Stough is one of these pros. For several years, several times per month, he’s been alerting his Flash service subscribers to opportunities in futures markets. […]
Every trader or active investor at times wishes they could pick the brain of a pro that has “pulled the trigger” on real-money trades before. EWI Director of Analysis Wayne Stough is one of these pros. For several years, several times per month, he’s been alerting his Flash service subscribers to opportunities in futures markets. […]
Wednesday’s session closed mixed on the day. The DOW posted a third of a percent gain while the tech sector closed down almost nine tenths of a percent. While technology stocks have been leading the market higher in the recent months, today they took the back seat while the DOW took control Take a look […]
The 5 year massive bull run in Gold and Gold Stocks continues Last August I penned an article predicting a massive five year bull run in gold and gold stocks. I outlined my reasoning and compared this 13 year period from 2001 to 2014 to the tech stock bull from 1986-1999. You can view that […]
A penny saved is a pound earned! Wonder how? Continue reading. It’s a common problem everywhere, you earn and government takes away a large chunk of your hard-earned money as tax. Under such a situation, we look for alternatives to save as much as we can. ISA or individual Savings Account is a place where […]
As each year goes by it becomes increasingly more difficult to retire at an earlier age compared to the generation before. There are many factors working against us such as rising costs and inflation, bad financial advice, volatile stock markets and time itself. Many governments are now increasing the age of when you can retire. […]
Emerging markets have presented a tremendous opportunity for investors, both small at the retail level and large at the institutional level. Both have huge populations and with a growing middle class, which will translate into demand at some point in the future. But until then, both offer great manufacturing costs, allowing developed nations to find […]
Leo Kanell is an Investment & Entrepreneurial consultant for various companies specializing in Business development and Aggressive, transparent investment options. MONEY DECISIONS In life every person is faced with important decisions about money and how to appropriately allocate it. There are budgets, kids, vacations, cars, homes, charity, and a number of other Money Decisions that […]
There’s a little known joke among the trading community that goes like this: “A trader walks into a bar… pattern: ‘Ouch!’ “ This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline A Trader Walks Into A Bar… Pattern: HOP-portunity On Tap. EWI is the world’s largest market forecasting firm. […]
