All Entries in the "Economy" Category
What Does NOT Move Markets? Examining 8 Claims of Market Efficiency
By Susan Walker
If everyone says that shocks from outside the financial system — so-called exogenous shocks — can affect it for better or worse, they must be right.
It just sounds so darned logical, right? Economists believe this trope to be true, mainly because they believe that investors are rational thinkers who re-evaluate their positions after [...]
11 Commonplace Market Views: True or Myth?
By Susan C. Walker
“Cash on the sidelines is bullish for stocks.” Have you ever heard some stock market pundit utter these words? Have you ever wondered if the statement were true? Read this item from the latest issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, and you’ll wonder no more:
Myth — Cash on the sidelines is bullish [...]
100+ Pages of FREE Charts & Analysis for Every Major World Market
Once each year or so, our friends at Elliott Wave International do something unheard-of in the world of financial analysis – they give it away for free!
But it always ends soon after it starts, so your time to get more than 100 pages of free analysis and forecasts on every major world market is running [...]
Economics in One Lesson
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. – Henry Hazlitt
A nice overview of Henry Hazlitt’s book Economics in One Lesson.
Hazlitt’s Logic, For Those [...]
Bernanke’s Burn Notice — Why Now? Research Reveals Insight Into Fed Chairman’s Popularity
By Elliott Wave International
Like a spy who gets a burn notice, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has suddenly lost his support.
Bernanke has gone from being Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 2009 to … what? A Fed chairman embroiled in a controversial reconfirmation process before U.S. Congress. Why the sudden turnaround in his fortunes?
Robert [...]
The most redeeming feature of capitalism is failure
What a great quote regarding capitalism and failure…
Courtesy of Barron’s and Mish
Barron’s: You’ve said that perhaps the most redeeming feature of capitalism is failure. Please explain.
Duffy: Any healthy system needs a way to correct error and remove waste. Nature has extinction, the economy has loss, bankruptcy, liquidation. Interfering in this process lengthens feedback loops. Error [...]




