On Wednesday, June 25, Elliott Wave International completed its annual Financial Forecast FreeWeek event. Not surprising in this climate of economic contraction and uncertainty, the number of FreeWeek participants and Club EWI sign-ups this year was overwhelming.
Thousands of people from all over the world took advantage of instant, no-cost access to the uniquely rich insights and lessons that come with our subscriber-only services.
Here are just some of those FreeWeek highlights:
Does the Fed Control the Markets? Answer: NO. Interest rate reductions by the Federal Reserve DO NOT provide a tailwind for equities. Here, the June 20 Short Term Update presented an incredible chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the course of the Fed’s year-long rate-slashing, cash-injecting crusade. The results: Since August 2007, the central bank has cut rates seven times to 2%, and held 14 public loan sales through its Term Auction Facility. But: the Dow is down more than 11% from its October 2007 peak.
The Dow’s Decline: Summertime has only just arrived, but U.S. stocks are already sweating BULL-ets. Here, the June 2008 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast (published May 30) foresaw the market’s meltdown and wrote: “The next significant event should be a solid break of the 34-year support line. This line crosses just above 12,000.” Flash ahead: On June 20, the DJIA plunged below the psychologically important 12,000-level for the first time since March.
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Gold Goes Cold: In the June 18 Short Term Update, our analysis went on high alert to gold’s downside potential and wrote: “As discussed Monday, both structures carry the same message: Lower prices ahead.” On June 23, the market bungee jumped off a cliff without a bungee chord, plunging $30 to a one-week low.
Credit Crisis Over? The “hit bottom” bandwagon rides again as the mainstream experts declare: “Day of reckoning is nigh in credit crisis.” Are they right? The June 20 Short Term Update wastes no time getting to the truth, with a powerful close-up of the S&P 500 versus the Spread between the Moody’s Corporate Bond Indices BAA and the yield on the 30-year US T-Bond. In STU’s words: “As long as spreads continue to deteriorate, the ‘worst’ lies ahead.”
Crude Oil At A Critical Juncture: In the June 6 Elliott Wave Theorist, EWI President and Theorist editor Bob Prechter himself presented four, jaw-dropping snapshots of Crude Oil alongside several pages of invaluable insight. In Bob’s own words: “I am publishing this issue a bit early to alert you to an opportunity developing in the oil market.”
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