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The Fed and “Plunge Protection Team”: Are They Manipulating Stocks? Rumors are, the U.S. government “is propping up the stock market.” by Elliott Wave International 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 […]
Famed market forecaster Robert Prechter has been, over the last 15 years, pioneering research in a new field called Socionomics – a blending of “social mood” measurements, and economics. Prechter’s thesis is that the social mood of society rises and falls intrinsically, in wave-like patterns. During waves up, people feel good about life, and they bid up […]
The US birth rate tanked in 2009, according to data released by the National Center for Health Statistics. Previous research by Robert Prechter has shown that the advance/decline ratio of the NYSE is an amazingly accurate leading indicator of babies to come in the next year. Why the next year? Well, you know what related […]
Last Friday on The Today Show, Katy Perry rocked the stage with a live performance of her summer 2010 mega-hit “California Gurls”. It’s bubble gum pop at its absolute finest: “California Gurls might even be described as the token summer pop song, all bounce and fun” – The Tartan “All bubble gum and candyland fun, […]
The big financial news today is that Germany is taking steps to ban naked short selling. This was the “reason” stocks and the Euro were down today – at least according to the financial media. Which got me thinking – governments usually enact these types of bans in times of desperation. At least that was […]
Perhaps the most visible social mood trend today is the extreme backlash against Wall Street by “Main Street”. If you want to rally someone on your side at a cocktail party – provided you are anywhere but New York City – a sharp comment denouncing Goldman Sachs will probably win you a sympathetic friend! We […]
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