{"id":31380,"date":"2012-08-06T00:08:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/?p=31380"},"modified":"2012-08-06T00:09:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:09:44","slug":"the-surge-higher-in-u-s-markets-the-stage-is-being-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2012\/08\/06\/the-surge-higher-in-u-s-markets-the-stage-is-being-set\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surge Higher in U.S. Markets: &#8220;The Stage is Being Set&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The market&#8217;s main trend stays the same. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By Elliott Wave International<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Elliott Wave International has long observed that external events do not alter the dominant trend of financial markets &#8212; not even <em>major<\/em> events like wars, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, political assassinations or any other news that makes headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is true that news can sometimes have a near-term effect on market prices.<\/p>\n<p>The July 26 opening bell is an example.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Dow Surges 200 Points on Draghi Comments, Jobless Claims<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s from <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. The text reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Europe&#8217;s top central banker sparked a global rally in stocks after reassuring investors the Continent&#8217;s central bank would be vigilant about holding together the euro zone&#8230;. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi&#8230;said the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the common-currency union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article adds that &#8220;the number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits fell for the fourth time in five weeks, to a level that was far lower than expected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EWI expected a near-term bounce in stock prices &#8212; just one day ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 25, EWI&#8217;s <em>Financial Forecast Short Term Update<\/em> said this to subscribers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Near term, there may be a few more days of bounce. The stock market is setting the stage&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Update<\/em> went on to describe <em>what<\/em> the stock market is setting the stage <em>for<\/em>. It is not what most investors expect.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern in the major U.S. stock indexes has been 80 years in the making &#8212; which is to say, the pattern is unfolding at a large degree of trend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"142\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=9cp&amp;rcn=aa295&amp;dy=aa080312&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/iie\/iiebook_b.aspx?code=29982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/images\/club\/web_ads\/3557-CG-iieb-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"921\">\n<h3><strong>You Can Be Ready for the Market Changes Ahead.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Let Elliott Wave International change the way you see the markets forever. Right now, our <strong>50-page Independent Investor eBook<\/strong> is available to download <strong>FREE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get some of the most groundbreaking and eye-opening reports ever published in Elliott Wave International&#8217;s 30-year history; you&#8217;ll also get analysis, forecasts and commentary to help you think independently in today&#8217;s tumultuous market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=9cp&amp;rcn=aa295&amp;dy=aa080312&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/iie\/iiebook_b.aspx?code=29982\"><strong>Learn to think differently about the markets. Download the 50-page Independent Investor eBook now &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><em>This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=9cp&amp;rcn=aa295&amp;dy=aa080312&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/freeupdates\/archives\/2012\/07\/26\/The-Surge-Higher-in-U.S.-Markets--The-Stage-is-Being-Set-.aspx\"><strong>The Surge Higher in U.S. Markets: &#8220;The Stage is Being Set&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>. EWI is the world&#8217;s largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market&#8217;s main trend stays the same. By Elliott Wave International Elliott Wave International has long observed that external events do not alter the dominant trend of financial markets &#8212; 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2012\/08\/06\/the-surge-higher-in-u-s-markets-the-stage-is-being-set\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Surge Higher in U.S. Markets: &#8220;The Stage is Being Set&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}