By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave InternationalNovember 12, 2007 When you’re caught in the middle of a bad storm, you don’t really care whether it’s a tropical depression or a full-strength hurricane. You just know you’re hanging on for dear life. The same idea applies to financial markets. When a market is trending up strongly, it’s hard to tell whether it’s just a bull market or a more dangerous financial mania.The recent tremendous ride up for global and U.S. financial markets, including the Dow, looks and feels more like a [...]
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Why the Fed is Such a Lousy Wizard of Oz
Interesting article by Susan C. Walker – check it out! By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave InternationalSeptember 7, 2007 Central bankers who “follow the yellow brick road” end up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every Labor Day weekend for their annual symposium sponsored by – who else? – the Kansas City Fed. (Who can forget Judy Garland saying to her little dog, “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” in the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz?) The Jackson Hole Resort serves as the Federal Reserve’s equivalent of [...]
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No Comments »Suddenly, It’s a Bleak Midwinter for Housing and Lending
If you’re wondering how the housing market collapse in the US will impact your favorite Central Banker (and interest rates), here’s an interesting article to help support your fundamental Forex analysis:***************************************Suddenly, It’s a Bleak Midwinter for Housing and LendingBy Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International January 7, 2008 In the bleak midwinter, Frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone…(From “A Christmas Carol” by Christina Rossetti)Shawn Colvin sings a beautiful song based on this poem by Christina Rossetti, reminding us of the bleakness of midwinter. That [...]
Posted in Forex Training Tags: A Christmas Carol, associate editor, Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bloomberg, Bob Prechter, Bush, Christina Rossetti, David Ignatius, Editor, European Central Bank, favorite Central Banker, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Hank Paulson, important central-bank pronouncement, New York Society of Security Analysts, newspaper writer and editor, Phoenix, reporter, S&P/Case, Secretary, Shawn Colvin, Susan C. Walker, Swiss National Bank, the Washington Post, U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, United States, USD, Wall Street Journal, White House No Comments »Why the Fed is such a Lousy Wizard of Oz
Another interesting articles from my friends over at Elliottwave.********************************Why the Fed is Such a Lousy Wizard of OzBy Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave InternationalSeptember 7, 2007 Central bankers who “follow the yellow brick road” end up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every Labor Day weekend for their annual symposium sponsored by – who else? – the Kansas City Fed. (Who can forget Judy Garland saying to her little dog, “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” in the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz?) The Jackson Hole Resort [...]
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