The Life Cycle Hypothesis: Groundbreaking New Research Into the Regular Rhythms and Recurring Patterns that Underpin Financial Markets, the Economy and Human Life

In The Life Cycle Hypothesis, financial strategist and behavioral economist Tony Plummer delivers an extraordinary synthesis of economic theory, market psychology, and rhythm-based forecasting. Drawing on decades of market research and behavioral finance, Plummer introduces a compelling theory: that economic and market behavior follows predictable cycles rooted in human emotional and cognitive development.

This book reveals how biological, psychological, and social cycles intersect to form the rhythmic structure of market behavior—something classical economics often ignores. Plummer connects these concepts with technical tools and timing strategies, showing how long-term market trends, credit booms and busts, and financial crises can be better understood—and even anticipated—through cycle theory.

It’s a work that blends Jungian psychology, Fibonacci timing, and cyclical dynamics into a unified trading and economic perspective, offering a timeless foundation for both macro investors and technical traders alike.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• The core tenets of the Life Cycle Hypothesis and how it explains human economic behavior
• Why cycles repeat in markets and how to measure them using time rhythms
• How collective psychology influences credit growth, investment cycles, and asset bubbles
• The use of Fibonacci ratios and natural harmonics in long-term forecasting
• How to interpret the rhythmic signals of expansion, crisis, and renewal in financial markets
• Methods to incorporate rhythm-based analysis into investment and trading decisions

💡 Key Benefits:

• Understand market behavior through psychological and cyclical frameworks
• Apply rhythmic models to long-term market timing and economic forecasting
• Identify the emotional roots of boom-bust cycles and financial panics
• Enhance your macro and technical strategies with deep behavioral insight
• Leverage ancient wisdom (Pythagoras, Jung) with modern market application

👤 Who This Book Is For:

• Traders and investors focused on long-term market cycles and behavioral trends
• Economists and strategists seeking alternative models for forecasting
• Technical analysts interested in time-based methods and Fibonacci timing
• Macro traders, portfolio managers, and cycle theory followers
• Anyone curious about the psychological and rhythmic foundations of economics

📚 Table of Contents:

1. The Basis of Economic Rhythms
2. Behaviour and the Economic Process
3. Patterns of Emotional Development
4. The Threefold Cycle of Renewal
5. Measuring Economic Cycles with Time
6. The Crisis Point and Market Turning Signals
7. Harmony, Growth, and Fibonacci Sequences
8. Financial Markets and Collective Emotion
9. Timing Techniques and Applications
10. A Unified View of Market Behavior