By Elliott Wave International It’s sobering to reflect on the fact that the second, third and fourth largest bank failures in U.S. history have all occurred in just the past few months. They are First Republic, Silicon...
By Elliott Wave International More dramatic news on the banking front. On April 25, investors in the shares of First Republic Bank were hit hard (The New York Times): First Republic Bank Enters New Free Fall as...
By Elliott Wave International Many technical indicators are highly useful, yet the price moves of the stock market really boil down to two things: optimism and pessimism. Major trend turns tend to occur when extremes are reached in either...
By Elliott Wave International A “calamity” is likely ahead for corporate bonds, says our head of global research, Murray Gunn. Some of Murray’s analysis involves the head and shoulders, a classic technical chart pattern. In case you’re...
New traders think trading is easy. Just ask those who got started in a bull market, as millions of people did in the pandemic. “Buy and hold,” baby! But all bull markets end, so when a little...
By Elliott Wave International Many financial advisors steer clients who are willing to take some risk toward a 60% stocks / 40% bonds portfolio. Alas, investors who followed that strategy in 2022 saw the value of their...
By Elliott Wave International Credit-default swaps were invented in the mid-1990s but a lot of people did not become aware of them until around 2000, and that awareness increased dramatically during the 2008 financial crisis. As you...
Some depositors aren’t waiting around to find out if their bank is safe. Look at this news item (TheStreet, March 25): Banking Crisis: Small Banks Hit by Massive Cash Withdrawals Americans have withdrawn nearly $120 billion in...
By Elliott Wave International Here’s a Wall Street Journal headline from a couple of months ago that some people may have scanned without much contemplation (Jan. 11): VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Gauge, Extends Longest Lull Since 2021...
By Elliott Wave International The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank have prompted a lot of discussion about the potential of a domino effect. People are wondering “what’s next?” The financial press is...
