Global Cargo: A Ship Stuck at Sea
To understand how global economy is really doing, look at global shipping rates.

European Stocks: Putting Elliott to Work
A good example of how stocks transition from sideways to impulsive trends.

"My experience is that when people are first exposed to the Elliott Wave Principle, they want to know when 5th waves are about to end. But after some experience, the information that becomes most useful is 'show me when a wave 2 is ending' -- because that’s the point right before strong and trending 3rd waves start."

Oil & Stocks: When One Rises, The Other One Falls?
Don't believe everything you hear on financial TV.

Crude oil is trading above $70 again. When oil starts to make big moves, hardly a day goes by without someone saying something like “crude up -- stocks down,” or vice versa. Take a look at these charts, though, before you agree with this mainstream opinion.

How NOT to Get Stuck in a "Sucker Rally"
Knowing "wave personalities" can help you avoid investment pitfalls.

The action in stocks around the world over the past two months has raised a skeptical eyebrow for some investors, yet for others it has reignited the hopes of a new bull market. How do you know which group is right? Knowing "wave personalities" can help you answer this question.

How Can Stocks Rally When the News Is So Bad?
Stocks LEAD changes in economy, politics and even culture.

"Why is the market running up like it is with such bad news, massive debt, increased unemployment, increased defaults on mortgages and credit cards, bad debt at the banks, major corporation going into bankruptcy... Where is the top?" -- That's a quote from an email we've recently received at EWI's Message Board. It's a good question -- and the answer may surprise you. 

Europe: Deflation is a Global Story (Part II)
Bear markets have a way of making the impossible possible – and fast.

This is part two of my interview with Brian Whitmer, the new editor of Elliott Wave International’s monthly European Financial Forecast. Here, Brian talks about Europe's "hidden" markets and gives tips on how to trade overseas if you are a U.S.-based investor. He also explains why he thinks the integrity of the European Union will be tested in this bear market.

Europe: Deflation is a Global Story (Part I)
This is Part I of an interview with EWI’s new European editor.

European Stocks: How Much More of the "Downside Fireworks"?

In early 2008, European stocks, especially those in Eastern Europe, were investors' darlings, "shelters from the storm." Well, try finding someone who thinks so now. And, says the European Financial Forecast editor Brian Whitmer in the new, March issue, judging by the "incomplete structure" of Elliott wave patterns in Europe's major bourses, they can go even lower.

European Stocks: "Hope And Optimism Prevail"
These are not the typical psychological conditions for a stock market bottom.

Conventional economists have no shortage of villains to blame the financial crisis on – but if you ask us at EWI, the culprits are as old as investing itself: fear and greed. Whether you are in a financial bubble or a panic, a herding mentality of fear or greed takes over. This curious behavioral phenomenon is precisely what the Elliott Wave Principle describes and studies: Wave patterns in market charts are nothing but fear and greed unfolding right before your eyes. Take a look...

European Stocks: Not As Chaotic As It May Seem
In terms of price movement, both bull and bear markets are quite orderly.

I'll bet that if you ask ten people which of these two words – "order" or "chaos" – they associate bull and bear markets with, eight out of ten will say that bull markets bring order, while bear markets are chaotic. Yet in terms of price movements, both bull and bear markets are quite orderly. You want proof? OK.

European Stocks: Sideways to… Higher?
Will the October-November period of sideways trading in the FTSE prove to be "base-building"?

Despite the fact that in November the index suffered another significant decline, its overall performance since late September-early October has essentially been flat, with almost zero net progress in either direction. If you think that's interesting, you're not alone. The editor of EWI's monthly European Financial Forecast (EFF), Tom Denham, focuses on this fact on p. 2 of the just-published, December issue -- and presents the following chart... 

"No One Could Have Predicted It" vs. Facts
In order to FORECAST the markets, you need FORWARD-looking tools.

European Stocks: The Dance Of The Fearful
Bear markets can destroy very quickly what took years to build.

Bear markets can destroy very quickly what took years to build. They are fast because they are driven by fear, and fear is stronger than greed, the bull market catalyst. This is what Tom Denham, Elliott Wave International Senior European Equity Analyst, says about this cycle in the opening paragraph of his current, October European Financial Forecast...

European Stocks: Five-Wave Moves Speak Volumes
It's no secret that summer months are rarely favorable for stock investors.

Summer months are rarely favorable for stock investors. ("Sell in May and go away," remember?) What complicates things now, however, is the ongoing liquidity crisis that has plagued the markets for almost a year now. And while some analysts out there keep saying "the worst is over," others are not so optimistic.

VIDEO: 3 Ways To Set Price Targets
How do you identify price points where a market rally or decline may stop and reverse?

In the one you're about to see, Tom Denham, EWI's Senior European Equity Analyst demonstrates his technique of setting price targets for a potential trade using three factors: Common length proportions between market rallies, the theory of "round numbers," and Fibonacci projections.

European Stocks: Finally Catching a Break?

As expected, European stock indexes rallied in April. However, May begins the “worst six months of the year” according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. "Sell in May and go away, come back on St. Leger's Day," remember? They don’t say that for nothing...

Germany: Speed Limit Is Now Reality
Is there a correlation between the trend in stocks and highway speed limits?

Well, it finally happened. The world famous, bullet-fast, no-speed-limit German autobahns may soon become just like every other highway – boring. Is there a correlation between the trend in stocks and highway speed limits? Let's take a closer look.

European Stocks: Fear and Greed
Elliott Wave International discusses how the current stocks sell-off is driven more by fear than rational thinking.

You watch financial news, you know what's going on. Spooked by "concerns over a potential U.S. recession," investors are dumping shares on both sides of the pond. But if you ask us, what's going on here is as old as investing itself: fear and greed. Fear and greed move investors. Fear and greed move market prices, too.