The Surge Higher in U.S. Markets: "The Stage is Being Set"

Elliott Wave International has long observed that external events do not alter the dominant trend of financial markets -- not even major events like wars, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, political assassinations or any other news that makes headlines.

Now, it is true that news can sometimes have a near-term effect on market prices. Continue reading "The Surge Higher in U.S. Markets: "The Stage is Being Set""

Chart to Watch

We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of the EURUSD - Euro VS, Dollar (EURUSD) Continue reading "Chart to Watch"

Stocks soar on surprisingly strong July job report

Stocks are surging on Wall Street, breaking a four-day losing streak, after the government reported a sharp pickup in hiring by U.S. employers in July.

The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 244 points to 13,123 shortly before noon. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 28 points to 1,393, and the Nasdaq composite added 62 points to 2,972. Continue reading "Stocks soar on surprisingly strong July job report"

US economy adds 163K jobs, rate rises to 8.3 pct.

U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.

The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent from 8.2 percent in June.

July's hiring was the best since February. Still, the economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month this year, roughly the same as last year's pace. That's not enough to satisfy the 12.8 million Americans who are unemployed. Continue reading "US economy adds 163K jobs, rate rises to 8.3 pct."

With no concrete action in Europe, stocks slump

European leaders on Thursday gamely promised to keep tackling the continent's debt crisis. But the markets wanted much more.

Stocks sank across the U.S. and Europe, the euro fell against the dollar and investors dumped bonds issued by the governments of Spain and Italy. Investors had been expecting more immediate action from the European Central Bank and were disappointed by the plan's lack of details, especially considering the ECB president's pledge last week to do "whatever it takes" to keep the euro intact. Continue reading "With no concrete action in Europe, stocks slump"