Stock & Currency (Yen) Shifts Signal Seismic Shifts?  An Uncanny Correlation.

June/July Turning Points in Nikkei & Yen Coincide with Onset of Japan Earth Disturbance Cycles.

06-27-24 – The biggest generation cycle, from many perspectives, is the 40-Year Cycle.  It has timed both subtle and seismic shifts that impact our economy, our country, and our world – with uncanny regularity.

Over the past two decades, INSIIDE Track has detailed this cycle and its impact on everything from stock market declines (which are again expected in 2024/2025) to seismic disturbances to solar storm outbursts.  It has also impacted US politics and is still expected to trigger a surprising event before January 2025, likely before November 2024.

One of the most significant applications of this cycle, that dates back at least 700+ years (and likely recurs throughout history), involves the 40-Year Cycle of Currency Wars – described in 2013 – 2021… and right up to the present.

That remains on track to spur some major surprises in the coming years, particularly with regard to the global standing of the US Dollar.  It also strongly influences currency alternatives like Gold & cryptos.  The real significance is when multiple multi-year or multi-decade cycles converge at the same time…

17-Year Cycle of Earthquake Swarms

In 2007 – 2010, INSIIDE Track detailed the 17-Year Cycle of Earth Disturbance Swarms and concluded (long before the fact) that 2010 – 2012 should see a series of MAJOR earthquakes – at least 1 in North America, 1 in South America (Chile was the focus of that analysis) and 1 in Japan.

2024 ushered in the latest phase of a related (global) 17-Year Cycle of Earthquake Swarms AND a coinciding 17-Year Cycle of Japanese Earthquake Swarms. Both those cycles were detailed in previous reports and will be updated in future ones.

This is the time when, historically & cyclically, a disproportionately-greater concentration of higher-magnitude & intensity earth disturbances (including volcanoes) has occurred on a regular basis.

September 2023 also ushered in a 3 – 5 year period when a 100-year cycle recurs – one that timed the catastrophic September 1923 Great Kanto (7.9) earthquake in Japan… devastating Tokyo.

90 & 180-Degree Cycles

While that analysis details an over-arching convergence of uncanny cycles – focused on 2024 – 2028 – there are others that focus on more specific periods – including July 2024.

That includes a 180-degree, January/July cycle that was detailed in the 1990’s and the 2007 – 2010 reports (see last month’s issue), as well as intervening 90-degree cycles.

Since the 17-Year Cycle returned in January 2024, Japan has experienced the following:

Jan 1, 2024 – 7.6 Noto earthquake  (March 25, 2007 – major 6.9 Noto quake)

April 2, 2024 – 6.1 eq off coast of Honshu [and April 3, 2024, 7.4 eq in Taiwan]

April 17, 2024 – 6.6 eq in So Japan (Ehime)

May 21, 2024 – 6.0 Ogasawara Islands (S Tokyo)

July 2024 – Next in the ~3-month/~90-degree sequence and in ongoing ~6-month/~180-degree series of Japan earthquakes dating back to 1990’s…

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index has rallied after selling off sharply from its 1Q 2024 peak – a peak that fulfilled ~4-year & ~2-year low-low-(high) Cycle Progressions.  It also arrived a full ~17-Year Cycle from its 1Q ’07 peak while fulfilling a related ~8.5-Year high-high-(high) Cycle Progression.

(The 1Q 2007 peak was 17 years from its late-’89/early-1990 major peak, which was 17 years from its 1Q 1973 peak.)

On an intermediate basis, the Nikkei would not turn its weekly trend down until a weekly close below 36,733/NKY.  That is what it would take to confirm a 6 – 12 month peak and elevate its correction to a higher magnitude that could ultimately spur a drop back toward 31,000/NKY.

It has a 9 – 10-month/39 – 43 week (low)-low-low-low-low Cycle Progression that recurs during the month of July 2024 and could time a subsequent low – making it 6 lows in a row.  In a textbook CP sequence, however, that cycle should invert and time a peak in July 2024, setting the stage for successive highs at 9 – 10-month intervals.

However, there are conflicting technical indicators that argue for a new decline in July… The weekly 21 MAC & 21 MARC could help clarify this outlook… (July 2024 is also the time when multiple Japanese earthquake cycles converge.)…”     — July 2024 (6/27/24) INSIIDE Track

“The Yen has plunged into mid-year – fulfilling its weekly HLS (2 – 4 week indicator), intra-year downtrend (2 – 4 month indicator) and 17-Year Cycle from its 2Q 2007 low.  It is spiking below its 1990 low (from two 17-Year Cycles ago) and could set a major bottom in this time frame.” — July 3, 2024 Weekly Re-Lay Alert

The Tumultuous Trio (Yen, Nikkei, EQs)

17 years ago, in 2Q 2007, the Japanese Yen set a major low and embarked on a 4+-year surge.  That surge culminated shortly after the devasting Tohoku (9.0) earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe of March 11, 2011… killing approximately 0,000.

17 years earlier, in 2Q 1990, the Japanese Yen set a major low (one that was never retested until a week ago) and embarked on a ~5-year surge.  That surge culminated shortly after the devasting Kobe/Hanshin earthquake of January 1995.

16 years earlier, in 1974, the Japanese Yen set a multi-year low (one that has never been retested) and embarked on a 4+-year surge.  That surge culminated in late-1978 – a few months after the devasting June 1978 Miyagi (7.4) earthquake.

1973 is when the Japanese government instituted a policy of currency intervention – in sync with this 17-Year Cycle that recurred in 1990, 2007 & 2024.

Due to the Bretton Woods agreement, the US Dollar/Yen relationship did not float until 1971 so the 17-Year Cycle cannot be ascertained… at least with relationship to the Yen.  However, Japan was rocked by the 1961 North Mino (7.0) earthquake that struck on August 19, 1961.

17 years earlier, in 1944, the Bretton Woods agreement was forged (that would ultimately govern the Yen’s value in the post-war years).  That is also the year Japan was devasted by the December 7, 1944 (8.1) Tonankai earthquake and resulting tsunami.  (Two years later, on Dec 21, 1946, an ~8.3 magnitude quake struck another part of the Honshu coast.)

17 years earlier, on March 7, 1927, the North Tango (7.0) earthquake struck Japan – killing about 3,000 people.

If this uncanny 17-Year Cycle remains in force, Japan could be rocked by another devastating earthquake (and/or volcanic eruption) in 2028/2029.

2024 – 2029: 17-Year (Japan) EQ Swarm Cycle

However, this cycle operates like so many other multi-decade cycles – timing a 3 – 5 year period when the greatest concentration (‘swarm’) of related events occur.

The 2011 earthquake was a perfect example as it culminated a ~4-year period that began with a 6.9 earthquake in Noto on March 25, 2007.

Not surprisingly, a devasting earthquake again struck Noto in January 2024 – a 17-Year Cycle from the preceding one – generating the first tsunami since the 2011 quake.  It was the largest earthquake to strike mainland Japan since 2011 and the largest to strike that region since 1885 – causing a coastline shift of about 800 feet (out) due to a resulting rise in the land mass.

In order to understand these two periods of earthquake swarms (17 years apart), and place it in a more comprehensive context, it is necessary to revisit what was concluded and published in INSIIDE Track in 2008 – 2011 – projecting the massive 2011 earthquake to occur. See related links below.

17-Year Cycle in Yen & Nikkei

The markets usually provide clues before significant events occur.  As documented previously, strong rallies in the Japanese Yen and sharp declines in the Nikkei 225 stock index have often preceded times of intensified earth instability in Japan.

The Nikkei completed multiple 17-Year Cycles while peaking in March 2024.  That peak is expected to hold (although the aforementioned 9 – 10-month Cycle Progression could spur a retest or brief spike above that March 2024 peak) and trigger a sharp decline – along with many other stock indexes – in the July/August 2024 time frame.

At the same time, the Japanese Yen has fulfilled multiple 17-Year Cycles in June 2024 and is likely setting a major bottom.  That should spur a contrasting surge in the July/August 2024 time frame (the same time the US Dollar is projected to undergo a sell-off).

Could these markets be acting like the proverbial ‘canary in the coal mine’ – displaying and warning of renewed instability above AND below the surface in Japan?

2024 – 2028: 170-Year (Japan) EQ Swarm Cycle

On a broader scale… 170 years ago (higher magnitude 17-Year Cycle), in 1854 – 1858, Japan experienced a concentrated swarm of major deadly earthquakes beginning with the July 9, 1854 (7.2) Iga-Ueno quake (~1,000 killed).

That was followed by the December 23, 1854 (8.4) Tokai earthquake and – a day later, the deadly December 24, 1854 (8.4) Nankai earthquake (~2,000 & ~10,000 fatalities, respectively).  In November 1855, the (6.9) Edo earthquake took ~6,600 lives.  On April 9, 1858, the (7.0) Hietsu earthquake struck.

The latest phase of that recurring ~17-Year Cycle – and a major overarching ~170-Year Cycle from the 1850’s – returns in 2024 with a preliminary, unstable period expected in July/August 2024 (July 9, 2024 is a precise 17-Year/170-Year Cycle from the first major quake in the 1850’s swarm of devastating earth disturbances… but cycles of that magnitude do not need to be precise in order to be valid and accurate; August 2024 has similar cycle relationships).

If fulfilled, that would reinforce future cycles when more significant disturbances are expected.

In order to leave no doubt about the authenticity of this 17-Year Cycle of Japanese Earth Disturbances, 2024 was ushered in with a major 7.6 earthquake in Noto, Japan.

And then there is the broader cycle, discussed in last month’s June 2024 INSIIDE Track:

2024 – 2028: 17-Year (Global) EQ Swarm Cycle

2024 ushered in the latest phase of a broader (global) 17-Year Cycle of Earthquake Swarms.  This is the time when, historically & cyclically, a disproportionately-greater concentration of higher-magnitude & intensity earth disturbances (including volcanoes) has occurred on a regular basis.

In 2007 – 2010, this cycle was detailed in numerous INSIIDE Track articles – concluding that a major (~7.5 or greater) earthquake would strike South America in early-2010 (with heaviest focus on Chile), North America in the same time period, and Japan in late-2010 – early-2012.

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/earth-in-transition-33.pdf

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/earth-in-transition-33-ii.pdf

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/earth-in-transition-33-iii.pdf

Those reports also detailed – well before the fact – why Europe (north and south) was cyclically primed for at least one major volcanic eruption in 2010 – 2012 (the notorious Iceland volcanic eruption – that shut down air traffic over a large swath of Europe – occurred in April 2010)…

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/earth-in-transition-33-iv.pdf

The focus on Icelandic volcanoes intensified in late-March 2010, when INSIIDE Track conveyed:

3-30-10 – “Last month, I explained why I thought one surprise – in the coming years – would be volcanic eruptions on the… northern borders (Iceland) of Europe… For the third time this year, it only took a few weeks for this analysis to be initially fulfilled. On March 20th/21st – as half the globe was ‘coming to life’ – there was a violent eruption from a 200-year dormant volcano in Iceland.

This is only what I would consider a precursor event and could be a harbinger of major activity… an omen of something larger in the April/May 2010 period – when multiple volcano cycles converge. (See March 2010 INSIIDE Track for more details.)  As I stated last month, the volcanoes in Iceland – and their converging cycles… are the ones that really intrigue me and are the ones at greatest (perceived) risk for violent eruptions in the coming years… and/or months…

The interesting thing is that the shortest-term cycle is pointing to now (2010/2011) for new activity…. It is the SYNERGY of many diverse cycles… all converging in the next few years and portending a major eruption in Iceland… I should reiterate that I will be watching the months of April & May – beginning in 2010 & 2011…” – April 2010 INSIIDE Track (3/30/10)

3 weeks later, at the culmination of the unstable ‘Month of Aggression’, in the reinforcing ‘Week of Aggression’ and the days surrounding the notorious ‘Date of Aggression’ (April 15 – 20, 2010), the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland violently erupted and wreaked havoc on air travel throughout W. Europe.

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/earth-in-transition-33-v.pdf

The 17-Year Cycle of Earth Instability

The 17-Year Cycle pinpoints 2024 & 2025 as higher-probability times for various types of extremes in the markets, in the US, and across the globe.

To recap, the 17-Year Cycle is a geophysical, geomagnetic, geopolitical & solar cycle that strongly influences the ebb and flow of market & geopolitical speculation.

At the ‘peak’ of each cycle, sudden shifts have consistently taken hold… and taken the masses by surprise. 2024/2025 is on track to repeat this uncanny cycle.

As described in 2009 – 2014, the 17-Year Cycle has also timed worldwide disease/viral outbreaks and was forecast to have the same impact in 2019/2020.  (Solar & geomagnetic swings and extremes have a marked impact on human life and health.

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2016-The-Golden-Year-III.pdf

It has also timed interest rate and real estate peaks that are closely tied to these stock market tops and could also play a role in expectations for a coming recession in 2025/2026 (the April 2024 INSIIDE Track described a likely scenario for how Bonds & interest rates could trade over the next ~two years)…

That 17-Year Cycle also helped to pinpoint a major top in oil and energy prices…

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/17-year-cycle-energy-iv.pdf

And it timed a Major, multi-year bottom in the Dollar – projecting a future low for 2026…

https://www.insiidetracktrading.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/17-year-cycle-dollar-dichotomy.pdf

The 17-Year Cycle Projects Destabilizing Events in 2024 – 2026!

July – September 2024 is the time when many of these cycles are expected to usher in ‘shifts’ – in markets, economies, and tectonic plates… with a unique synergy of cycles focused on Japan as well as other nations.

It is the intriguing convergence of cycles in the Nikkei, Japanese Yen AND Japanese Earthquake Swarms – beginning in July 2024 – that heighten the focus on that nation.  More analysis is included in related articles.

Specific analysis, targets, cycles & projections will continue to be published in related Weekly Re-Lay & INSIIDE Track publications.

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