Facebook ‘s privacy policies are under the microscope once again. Personal e-mails uncovered during an FTC investigation reveal Mark Zuckerberg knew of the company’s problematic privacy practices. Facebook stock still hasn’t been able to fully recover from the crash in the second half of 2018, which dragged the price from $218.62 down to $123.02. How…
USDCHF Bears in Charge. Time for a New Key Level
On May 30th USDCHF was trading near 1.0100 in an attempt to recover from a decline from 1.0238 to 1.0009. The bulls had managed to add more than 90 pips and seemed determined to get the job done. Unfortunately for them, there was an Elliott Wave pattern suggesting their efforts were most likely going to…
JPMorgan: Risk is High After 10 Years of Bull Market
Between March 2000 and March 2009, JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors saw their holdings’ value decline by almost 78% as the stock fell from over $67 to less than $15 a share. The next ten years, on the other hand, have been a wonder to behold. JPM stock rose like a phoenix from its ashes,…
EURUSD Bulls Needed a Catalyst. Mr. Powell Obliged
EURUSD was trading near 1.1170 at the start of last week. The pair was close to levels last seen two years ago and most expected the slide to continue. But then, on June 4th, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell implied the Central Bank is considering interest rate cuts in response to trade issues. By Friday, June…
Crude Oil Shows Why Alternative Counts Matter
Trade war fears are officially back, causing indiscriminate selling of stocks and commodities alike. Crude oil has been hit especially hard as supply glut worries are also beginning to reemerge. Crude oil closed at $53.34 a barrel last week, but this selloff was triggered by the breach of a key level in the week before…
USDCHF Elliott Wave Pattern and a Key Level to Watch
The Swiss franc was among the very few currencies that managed to stand their ground against the U.S dollar in May. USDCHF reached 1.0238 in late-April. The last time the pair traded this high was in January 2017, two and a half years ago. Unfortunately for the bulls, a 230-pip decline dragged the rate back…
IAC Stock ‘s Future May Not Resemble its Past
InterActiveCorp. or IAC for short, is a $19 billion media and internet services company. It is the controlling shareholder of Match Group, which in turn operates Tinder – the online dating app. IAC stock was beaten down heavily during the Financial Crisis. In March 2009, IAC stock fell to $13.23 a share, down 92.3% from…
USDTRY – Is 8.0000 the Bulls’ Ultimate Target?
The U.S. dollar has been on a tear since the Financial crisis, rising against rivals both big and small. One currency that was hit especially hard is the Turkish lira. USDTRY was down to less than 1.1500 in 2008. Ten years later, in August 2018, it slightly breached 7.1500. Political and macroeconomic factors have certainly…
DXY Bulls Should Worry as Bearish Evidence Abounds
The bulls have been in control of DXY during most of 2018 and gradually conquered more land in the first months of 2019, as well. The USD index recovered from its February 2018 low of 88.25 to as high as 98.33 last month. The bulls can really be proud with the total gain of over…
Momo Inc. – The Tinder of China Looks Promising
Based in Beijing, China, Momo Inc. operates a mobile-based social and entertainment platform. The company was founded in 2011 and became public in late-2014. The Tinder of China, as Momo is often referred to, first turned a profit in 2015 and has been enjoying strong earnings and revenue growth in the last three years. Momo…
USDCNH Before and After Trump’s Tariff Threat
The negotiations between the two biggest economies are not going as well as investors hoped. Stock market indices are down across the board following President Trump’s new China tariff threat. Another side-effect was the sharp rally to over 6.82 in USDCNH. And while Trump’s tweet about China did, indeed, trigger the surge, the actual reason…
Swedbank to Benefit from a Bullish Elliott Wave Cycle
It took Swedbank, one of Sweden’s biggest financial institutions, ten years to return to its pre-crisis glory. The stock rose from as low as SEK 14.70 in March 2009 to SEK 234 in February 2017 – less than SEK 2 below its February 2007 peak. And just when it looked like a new all-time high…
FOSL Stock Ready to Exceed Expectations?
In October 2013, Fossil Group had a market cap of roughly $7.5 billion. The watchmaker was enjoying record sales and profits, which was supposed to propel FOSL stock, then hovering above $130 a share, even higher. Fast-forward six years and the company is currently valued at less than $650 million with the shares barely above…
NASDAQ Bulls’ Resiliency has its Limitations
The NASDAQ 100 index closed at a new all-time high of 7826 last week, powered by strong Q1 earnings reports by Amazon and Microsoft, among others. The index is up by 650% from its 2009 low and by 884% since the bottom of the dot-com crash in October 2002. Looking at than phenomenal growth, one…
Bristol-Myers: Elliott Wave Setup can Double the Price
Bristol-Myers Squibb is in the process of acquiring Celgene in a $74 billion dollar cash-and-stock deal including debt. The deal faced opposition from hedge funds Wellington Management and Starboard Value, but ultimately gained shareholder approval on April 12th. Arbitrageurs, who aim to profit from the discrepancy between the market price and the deal closing price,…
