Financial Markets

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  Who Controls Interest Rates? See for Yourself

  When times are good central bankers are heroes. The public lauds them for using interest rates to help the economy.
   
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  European Tinderbox: What Negatively Trending Mood Means for EU

  Brian Whitmer reports that now more than ever, Europe is running out of optimism.
   
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  How This Method Predicted the End of the Swiss Franc/Euro Peg

  In this article Whitmer explains how the socionomic insight allowed him to see what was unexpected by nearly everyone else.
   
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  [Article] Elliott Waves Regulate Commodity Prices and Expressions of Environmentalism

  Socionomist Alan Hall reviews two indicators of the massive credit deflation: Widespread environmental fear and a price extreme for…
   
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  [Article] HSBC’s Murray Gunn at the 2013 Summit: How Comparing Sectors Reveals Underlying Social Mood and Helps You Invest Better

  Murray Gunn explains that relative strengths of sectors can uncover social mood and foretell trend reversals.
   
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  [Article] Mixed Mood Picks Opposing Nobel Laureates

  In this article, writer Robert Folsom explains that a deeply mixed social mood prompted the Nobel committee to award the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science to two academics
   
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  [Article] Social Mood is the Real Governor of the Federal Reserve

  In this pivotal article, socionomist Alan Hall explains that social mood guides the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rates and the tone of their meetings
   
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  [Article] Of Tulips and Bitcoins

  There is one unmitigated mania remaining. It is in Bitcoin, the world’s first successful digital currency.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] House Flipping–Again?

  “House Flipping is Suddenly Hot Again,” wrote Time magazine on Monday.
   
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  [Article] Financial Writing Reflects Stock Market Trends

  Why would financial reporters’ expressions resemble each other more when positive mood was increasing and less when negative mood was increasing?