Weekend March 31, 2019 The Socionomics Institute is putting a quiz on Socio on their Facebook Page. Alyssa Hayden asked me to respond to the quiz and here is my answer.   Robert Prechter was first known for bringing the world the theories of Ralph Nelson Elliott, an accountant, on stock price movements.  Elliott postulated…

Monday March 11 2019 Frauds tend to happen near market tops. An anything is possible social mood allows people to believe that what does not sound reasonable is reasonable. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not. This article from USA Today makes the point that Frauds are really in the…

Thursday Jan 31 2019 Facebook revenue for Q4 came in above estimates at $16.91 billion.  Consensus expectations were $16.39 billion. FB claims 1.52 billion daily active users during Q4. FB as up 4.32% Wednesday and has risen again in pre market trading on Thursday. Notice the big change in social mod towards the stock. After…

Friday Jan 11 2019     Will Negative Social Mood Oust Trump? Watch the Stock Market By Elliott Wave International Special Q&A With Alan Hall on Elections and Impeachment At the end of this article you'll have the opportunity to hear Alan discuss his impeachment research with ETV Correspondent Dana Weeks. You cannot afford to…

Tuesday Dec18, 2018 Dear Dennis and Peter,   Thank you to you and your students for participating in the 2018 Socionomics Foundation Scholarship! We thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your students’ innovative papers. It is wonderful to see students learn about the socionomic perspective, incorporate it into their thinking and apply it in their studies.…

Only 16% of SPX stocks are above their 50 day Moving Averages The market has returned to the oversold bottom last seen in February.   Summation indices still falling. NASD means tech stocks and they roared to new highs and have been hit hardest as a group on the sell off. New lows are still…

Weekend Oct 21 2018   Negative mood favors horror films (Fankenstein, Dracula during the Depression) and gangster films (Public Enemy in  1930s).   The first half of IT recorded great box office but the markets were still going up. No the 11th installment of Halloween is second at the box office only to IT. The…

Monday Oct 15, 2018 Saturday in ACCT 5308 we discussed the Wave Theory pioneered by Accountant Ralph Nelson Elliott. Socionomics postulates that social mood determines social outcomes. This is contrary to the conventional wisdom that external events determine mood and therefore events. Politicians like to claim credit for any positive thing that happens during their…

Weekend March 25, 2018 Our previous post featured an interview with Pat Morita. He described how he nearly missed being cast as Mr. Miyagi.  It is impossible to imagine anyone else playing the role after you see the movie.  The producer admitted he nearly made the mistake of his life. But his  point of view…

  Tuesday March 13, 2018   See my March 5 newspaper column below, here are a few headlines from today's WSJ. Texas Capitol on Edge After String of Bombs U K's May cites Russia Poisoning Trade War Tensions Rise European Car Makers Threaten Reprisals Time Runs Out for Swiss Watch Industry Why is Russian Gas…