By Elliott Wave International One positive development to come out of the 2020 pandemic is a widespread desire for financial independence. It’s led everyone from retirees to Generation Z’s to consider stock trading as a “cushion” against...
By Elliott Wave International As you probably know, a “divergence” occurs when one financial market behaves differently from a related financial market. Such occurrences often portend trend changes, albeit, divergences may stretch out for months before a...
By Elliott Wave International It’s always good to get ahead of a trend and not wait until it’s obvious to everyone. Consider the subprime mortgage crisis of more than a decade ago. As you’ll probably recall, it...
By Elliott Wave International The months before the 2000 and 2007 stock market peaks saw a measurable rise in news stories that used the phrase “financial bubble.” But instead of selling, many investors kept right on buying....
Volatility has returned — and, most likely, it will only heat up from here. You’re probably wondering what’s next. So, let our friends at Elliott Wave International help. In a few days, they’re starting a rare event called Unprecedented Year, Unprecedented...
One silver lining of the global pandemic is that many of us are taking time to learn something new — or to sharpen our skills. Our friends at Elliott Wave International decided early on that they wanted...
By Elliott Wave International You’ve probably heard the phrase, “leading economic indicators.” In the U.S., they refer to a core set of data points, including the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, employment, manufacturing activity, housing...
By Elliott Wave International Let’s pretend for a second we’re trying to explain to an alien how the weather works on planet Earth. When the sky turns dark and cloudy, we might tell him, this indicates rain...
By Elliott Wave International Let’s start off with an August 26 quote from Marketwatch: [F]rothy financial markets … currently are discounting the nirvana of an uninterrupted V-shaped recovery. … Of course, that statement means that the reason...
By Elliott Wave International It’s now been five-plus months into the global shutdown. By now, many people have tossed in the towel on some of their more lofty quarantine goals — such as, training for a marathon...