The inevitable seems to be happening to the U.S. dollar. After record-breaking liquidity injections by the Fed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the greenback is weakening across the board. The U.S. dollar has recently been declining against its major rivals, including the Yen, the pound and the euro. EURUSD, the most traded Forex pair…
Expedia Stock can Surge as Travel Returns
The coronavirus pandemic hit no other sector harder than travel. Lockdowns took a heavy toll on airlines, hotels and even rental car services as people postponed vacations and business trips were cancelled. Even asset-light companies like Booking and Expedia saw their stock prices plunging. Expedia, which was down 25% from its all-time high even before…
Plus500 Confirms Uptrend, but Correction is Likely
Based in Haifa, Israel, Plus500 (LSE:PLUS) operates a leading CFD trading platform. The company is part of the FTSE 250 index and conducts most of its business in Europe and Australia. The new ESMA regulations which came in effect in August 2018 severely impacted the CFD trading industry. As a result, Plus500 stock fell from…
Moody’s, a Buffett Darling, Trading in Late Fifth Wave
Moody’s Corp. has been a long-time holding in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. It is also the seventh biggest position in it as of the end of March 2020. The company has a strong competitive advantage, it is highly profitable and growing. No wonder Warren Buffett likes it so much. The stock did decline sharply in…
Dollar General Stock Bulls are Looking for Trouble
As a general merchandise discount retailer, Dollar General was among the handful of businesses that actually benefited from the pandemic. People piled on necessities preparing for what looked like the end of the world for a while. As a result, sales at Dollar General surged in the midst of the crisis. While its stock price…
Veeva Systems Stock Trades in Bubble Territory
It is true that the Fed’s recently re-adopted zero rate policy and stimulus are distorting financial markets. Interest rates are like gravity to financial assets. The lower the rate, the higher asset prices go and vice versa. As a result, stocks in general tend to ignore the economic reality right now. Among the companies trading…
PNC Financial Completes Bullish Elliott Wave Cycle
Economic crises have always been especially tough on financial companies. Usually, when the general market is falling, financial stocks are crashing even harder. PNC Financial for example, lost 81.6% in the 2008-9 recession, while the S&P 500 fell by “just” 58%. PNC Financial stock suffered more than the general market during the recent coronavirus selloff,…
Silver Price Going for $19 Before Retracing to $16
The price of silver, otherwise known as a safe-haven asset along with gold, crashed sharply as the coronavirus panic swept equity markets. XAGUSD fell to $11.64 on March 18th just as investors needed a refuge the most. But the precious metal has appreciated significantly since the depths of the selloff. As of this writing, silver…
GBPJPY Bears Aiming at 120, Before Giving Up
Whether it is because of Brexit or not, GBPJPY has been trading below 160.00 ever since the referendum in June 2016. The pair has been locked in a wide range between 156 and 124 for four years now. Last week, it closed the session at 134.66, down from 138.84 at the open. In order to…
DAX 30 Surged 50%+ in Three Months. Here is Why
THIS WEEK ONLY, in addition to the seven premium instruments, all our subscribers will receive ONE Elliott Wave analysis of DAX 30 as a BONUS. Subscribe NOW and get yours on Sunday, June 14th. The last time we wrote about the German DAX 30, the index was in a free fall. It was March 2nd…
Elliott Wave Setup Sends S&P 500 12% Higher
As demonstrated in our previous article about the S&P 500, the stock market started climbing while the economy looked the weakest. Then, as the markets kept rising, a new conundrum occurred. How to explain the extremely wide disconnect between the stock market and the economy? GDP forecasts for Q2 are all over the map, ranging…
Avoiding the 54% Crash in Brookfield Partners
When we last wrote about Brookfield Partners, the stock was hovering around $44 a share. That was on July 27th, 2019. Back then we though the price can reach $50, but instead of celebrating, the bulls should be getting ready to leave. The reason for our skepticism wasn’t some special insight into the company’s operations…
Elliott Wave Setup Helps EURUSD Add 325 Pips
EURUSD has been under pressure for over two years now. The pair reached 1.2556 in February 2018, but has been making lower lows and lower highs ever since. Yet, the past couple of weeks painted a different picture. Between May 18th and May 29th, the euro surged 325 pips against the U.S. dollar. In those…
Alphabet Stock To $1700 and… Below?
Similarly to the market at large, Alphabet stock felt the tremors caused by the coronavirus panic. The Google parent’s share price fell from $1531 to $1009 between February 19th and March 23rd. One of the biggest and strongest companies in the world lost 34% of its value in a little over a month. However, thanks…
Sidestepping the 55% Crash in Steel Dynamics Stock
It’s been a little over four months since we wrote about Steel Dynamics. On January 16th, the stock was hovering around $33 a share. The price was down 37% from its May 2018 peak at $52.10. Yet, despite the reduced price, we thought investors would be better off avoiding the name. Our bearish opinion was…
