First a heads up, this post is allowing the reader to do their own research, make their own mind up. We at readtheticker.com do not hold a biblical view on the markets, but each of your is free to do as they wish.
NOTE: With this subject it is nearly impossible to get agreement between biblical scholars.
What is the biblical Shemitah Cycle:
- Biblical reference, Hebrew calendar.
- 7 year cycle
- The 7th year is a year of rest (or drop of activity)
- A more serious 7th year of rest is the 7th year at the end of seven 7 years cycle (ie the 49 year).
- The year of rest (ie 7th year) maybe a minor, medium or major adjustment. No one knows!
- 2015 is the 7th year of a Shemitah cycle, and also the end of 7 previous Shemitah cycles (ie the last year of 49 years or 7 Shemitah cycles inclusive). Some call this a Jubilee year.
Below is the most recent 7 year cycle. Not showing the full 7×7. But you get the idea!
Below we have 200 years of Dow Jones Industrials (monthly line chart). Also below we have from wikipedia a list of economic crisis from 1800s. Match the crisis up with the chart and research 200 years of 7 year cycles. You will see that some dips are minor, some are medium and some a major. What the next dip will be is any one guess??
List of economic crises (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
19th century
- Danish state bankruptcy of 1813
- Post-Napoleonic depression (post 1815)
- Panic of 1819, a U.S. recession with bank failures; culmination of U.S.’s first boom-to-bust economic cycle
- Panic of 1825, a pervasive British recession in which many banks failed, nearly including the Bank of England
- Panic of 1837, a U.S. recession with bank failures, followed by a 5-year depression
- Panic of 1847, started as a collapse of British financial markets associated with the end of the 1840s railway industry boom
- Panic of 1857, a U.S. recession with bank failures
- Panic of 1866, was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London
- Long Depression (1873-1896)
- Panic of 1873, a US recession with bank failures, followed by a four-year depression
- Panic of 1884
- Panic of 1890
- Panic of 1893, a US recession with bank failures
- Australian banking crisis of 1893
- Panic of 1896
20th century
- Panic of 1901, a U.S. economic recession that started a fight for financial control of the Northern Pacific Railway
- Panic of 1907, a U.S. economic recession with bank failures
- Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Great Depression (1929-1939) the worst depression of modern history
- OPEC oil price shock (1973)
- Secondary banking crisis of 1973-1975 in the UK
- Japanese asset price bubble (1986-2003)
- Bank stock crisis (Israel 1983)
- Black Monday (1987)
- Savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s in the U.S.
- 1991 India economic crisis
- Finnish banking crisis (1990s)
- Swedish banking crisis (1990s)
- 1994 economic crisis in Mexico
- 1997 Asian financial crisis
- 1998 Russian financial crisis
- Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002)
21st century
- Early 2000s recession
- Dot-com bubble
- Late-2000s Financial Crisis or the Late-2000s recession, including:
- 2000s energy crisis
- Subprime mortgage crisis
- United States housing bubble and United States housing market correction
- 2008-2012 Icelandic financial crisis
- 2008-2010 Irish banking crisis
- Russian financial crisis of 2008-2009
- Automotive industry crisis of 2008-2010
- European sovereign debt crisis
- 2014 Russian financial crisis
Plenty to review. Spooky yes, will 2015 to 2016 be a crisis of Central Banker QE does not work any more!
Roll up, place your bets!
Investing Quote…
“Anyone who buys or sells a stock, a bond or a commodity for profit is speculating if he employs intelligent foresight. If he does not, he is gambling.” ~ Richard D Wyckoff
“It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong” ~ George Soros
