Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Too Much Capital / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Submissions
Henri Schneider writes: Truisms and banalities: Investors must be able to assess the productivity of their capital. This is done by comparing returns to interest rates. But what, if all interest rates are rigged? What if they are artificially lower than they should be? Then, not only too much capital is invested, but it is invested in the wrong places. Even more pressing: what if there is simply too much capital in the financial system?
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Thursday, April 09, 2015
How Easy Money Drives the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Frank_Shostak
In a market economy a major service that money provides is that of the medium of exchange. Producers exchange their goods for money and then exchange money for other goods.
As production of goods and services increase this results in a greater demand for the services of the medium of exchange (the service that money provides).
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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Savings, investment, and the Keynesian preference – a follow-up / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Alasdair_Macleod
There is a general belief that government finances are somehow immune from the financial reality faced by everyone else – an illusion fostered by bond markets and supported by the public’s wishful thinking. Look no further than the plight of the eurozone for evidence of the reality. Not only that, but history tells us that countries regularly default, yet we continue to buy government bonds in the belief they are less risky than any private sector debt. And if we begin to question the status quo, we are even told by financial regulators that government debt is less risky than anything else. Banking regulation enshrines it in Basel Committee guidelines, and modern portfolio theory – which guides securities regulation – casts it in stone.
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Sunday, April 01, 2012
Savings, investment, and the Keynesian preference / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Alasdair_Macleod
Neo-classical economists underestimate the importance of the link between savings and investment. The two should be regarded as linked together: you need savings to be available for investment in new production for the future.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Robert Prechter on Herding and Markets' "Irony and Paradox" / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: EWI
To anyone new to socionomics, the stock market is saturated with paradox.The following is an excerpt from a classic issue of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. For a limited time, you can visit Elliott Wave International to download the rest of the 10-page issue free.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Is the Stock Market a Leading Economic Indicator? / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Mike_Shedlock
Inquiring minds are pondering the question "Is the Stock Market a Leading Indicator?"
Please consider the following two charts.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Financial Markets and World Economy Fingers of Instability / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: John_Mauldin
Fingers of Instability
Ubiquity, Complexity Theory, and Sandpiles
Stability Leads to Instability
A Stable Disequilibrium
3 Billion and Counting
"To trace something unknown back to something known is alleviating, soothing, gratifying and gives moreover a feeling of power. Danger, disquiet, anxiety attend the unknown - the first instinct is to eliminate these distressing states. First principle: any explanation is better than none... The cause-creating drive is thus conditioned and excited by the feeling of fear ..." Friedrich Nietzsche
Monday, September 14, 2009
Unemployment And Stock Markets, Next Good News Or Great Depression? / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Andrew_Butter
The implicit and sometimes explicit promise of government is they will do "useful" things, like control inflation (both up and down through the genius of Inflation Targeting), keep "The Motherland" safe from aliens, bail out banks, create jobs and if they can be bothered, do things like organize assistance to hurricane victims like they did after Katrina. That's why people pay taxes, and more important, that's why they vote.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
How A Bear Can Be Bullish And Still Be Right / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: EWI
Nico Isaac writes: Bob Prechter: the only good label is an Elliott wave label...
In recent months, Elliott Wave International President Bob Prechter has become something of a household name. In the final two days of August 2009 alone, Bob was mentioned by several news outlets from MarketWatch to the New York Times. The claim to his "fame" --
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Elliott Wave Theory Based Trading Into and out-of the Stock Market March 2009 Low / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Joseph_Russo
We trust that all those who have engaged in trading markets for any period of time will conclude that it is an unrealistic expectation that any single or group of trading strategies can work to perfection all of the time. Price action is elusive more often than not. As a result, losses are a most assured and inevitable part of the entire trading process. However, unwelcomed but anticipated nonetheless, cumulative debilitating losses need not dominate ones trading experience. Similar to a professional baseball player’s batting average, highly successful trading strategies need only perform with consistency a small percentage of the time in order to deliver phenomenal benchmarked measures of success.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Stocks Bear Market, Russo Vs Prechter an Elliott Wave Count Comparison / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory
By: Joseph_Russo
First, we wish to state for the record that there is no meaningful difference in the intermediate and long-term market opinions held by the astute Mr. Prechter and those held by this analyst. Secondly, we would like to note that we hold the utmost respect for Mr. Prechter’s talents, skills, contributions, and achievements in both his publishing empire, and in his eloquent and brilliant sharing of Elliott Wave Theory. Without Mr. Prechter, this analyst would not exist in this venue.