“Corners were engineered, one after another and there were three on one day, September 17, 1872, yet remembered as the “day of three corners” While the trend of stocks was downward, business remained in a healthy condition.” The apparent misprint of the word great to greaty certainly suggests a fireplace and the fictional devastation of Chicago in “The Tunnel Thru the Air” occurs within days of the anniversary of the 60 year cycle.Īnother example from page 78 can be found in W.D. “When the sun rose over the greaty city of Chicago on the morning of October 3 (1931) buildings were smouldering in ruins in every direction it was the greatest destruction that had ever been in the history of the world.” In “The Tunnel Thru the Air” on page 320, Gann wrote “On Sunday evening Octoa fire broke out that burned until October 10 leaving complete devastation in the heart of the city of Chicago.” Gann used the great Chicago Fire to make a prediction in “The Tunnel Thru the Air”. There will be loss of confidence by investors and the public will try to get out after it is too late.Ī “Black Friday” is indicated and a panicky decline is stocks with only small rallies.ġ: “Black Friday panic, September 20 forward, 1869, caused by a corner in gold, sent stocks tumbling led by a decline in gold from $162 1/2 to $133.” One of the sharpest declines of the year is indicated. The bull market started on Aug for the Dow Forecast Gann wrote: Gann forecast a Dow high for 1929 on August 7-8. This example from the 1929 forecast is of W.D. “Time is the great factor that proves all things.” “How do I forecast future cycles?” you may ask. “….became popular again is another proof of history repeating itself and shows, there is no new thing under sun, but that we simply resurrect the old ones.” On page 78 of “The Tunnel Thru the Air” Gann wrote about predicting the future based on the past repeating and used phrases such as: One prediction was in his novel “The Tunnel Thru the Air” written in 1927 and the other two in his annual forecasts for 19.Īll three examples are found on page 78 of the Henry Hall book. Gann used Henry Hall’s book “How Money Is Made in Security Investments” to make three predictions. In this blog post I will show you three examples of where W.D. Henry Hall, in his recent book devoted much space to cycles of prosperity and depression which he found recurring at regular intervals of time.” Gann made a notable reference to the financial historian Henry Hall and his book published earlier in the year titled “How Money Is Made in Security Investments.” During the 1909 “The Ticker and Investment Digest” interview, W.D.