Robert Prechter

Robert Prechter
Born(1949-03-25)March 25, 1949
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)Financial author, and stock market analyst

Robert R. Prechter Jr. (born March 25, 1949)[1] is an American financial author, and stock market analyst, known for his financial forecasts using the Elliott Wave Principle. Prechter is an author and co-author of 14 books, and editor of 2 books,[2] and his book Conquer the Crash was a New York Times bestseller in 2002.[3] He also has published monthly financial commentary in the newsletter The Elliott Wave Theorist since 1979, and is the founder of Elliott Wave International and New Classics Library.[4][5] Prechter served on the board of the CMT Association for nine years, and as its president in 1990–91. He has been a member of Mensa and Intertel.[6] In recent years Prechter has supported the study of socionomics, a theory about human social behavior.[7][8]

In 2014 at the IFTA Conference in London Prechter was created a Fellow of the UK Society of Technical Analysts[9] in recognition of his lifetime contributions to Technical Analysis.

  1. ^ Prechter, Robert R(ougelot) Jr.
  2. ^ Robert R. Prechter Jr., Bibliography, Amazon.com.
  3. ^ Best Sellers List. (11 August 2002). "Book Review". New York Times. p. 24.
  4. ^ Chen, James. (2010). Essentials of Technical Analysis for Financial Markets. New York: John Wiley and Sons. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-470-53729-9.
  5. ^ Prechter, Robert R. Jr. "Elliott Wave Theorist". Elliott Wave International. Gainesville, Georgia.Essays include Peter Brandt, April 1991; Anne Crittenden, December 1997; Paul Macrae Montgomery, November 2000; Mark Galasiewski, July 2006.
  6. ^ The CRB commodity yearbook 2003. Commodity Research Bureau. New York: Wiley. 2003. pp. 34T. ISBN 0-471-44470-7. OCLC 52453595. Prechter is a member of Mensa, Intertel, The Foundation for the Study of Cycles and the Shakespeare Oxford Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Prechter, Robert R. Jr., (2003). Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction, Gainesville, GA: New Classics Library. ISBN 0-932750-57-5. Two volumes: The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior (1999); Pioneering Studies in Socionomics (2003).
  8. ^ Penn, David. (June 2003). "Social Mood and the Markets". Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities: 50.
  9. ^ "STA Fellows". Society of Technical Analysts. Retrieved 24 January 2019.