The global benchmark, US WTI crude currently clinging below $80 a barrel, has lost more than 10% from a near two-year high tested last month. A similar correction was witnessed in the Asian Brent and the domestic MCX futures as well.
The Elliott Wave theory is focused on identifying a trend in financial market values and is based on the assumption that market patterns that have prevailed in the past might extrapolate in the future. This theory was developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott in 1930. The theory still finds relevance among traders/investors and financial institutions.
Still, some investors worry the rally could stall without evidence that inflation is cooling again. While Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has reassured markets the central bank is unlikely to raise rates anytime soon, months of strong inflation have led to concerns that policymakers will not cut them this year.
Sixty years ago Simons -- who preferred to be known as Jim -- shifted course from teaching mathematics and working in U.S. intelligence to investing. His pioneering use of computer signals for trading decisions earned him the nickname "Quant King."
