Samuel Benner’s "Periods When to Make Money" uses historical patterns to identify Panic Years, Good Times, and Hard Times.
What’s wild? It predicted the Great Depression, the Dot Com bubble, and even the COVID crash with eerie accuracy.
▪️ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
According to Benner, we’re in a "Hard Times" phase—low prices and high opportunities. Historically, these periods set the stage for the next big boom.
While it’s not a crystal ball, this framework reminds us how cyclical markets—and human behavior—really are.
Does a 150-year-old chart have anything to teach today’s markets?
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