{"id":12052,"date":"2025-11-10T20:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/?p=12052"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:05:15","slug":"why-in-2008-we-did-not-enter-into-a-bigger-crisis-technical-analysis-of-this-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/?p=12052","title":{"rendered":"Why in 2008 we did not enter into a bigger crisis &#8211; technical analysis of this moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Technical charts first &#8211; events (which you can&#8217;t predict) to confirm those charts will arrive later, so stop predicting events and start analysing charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s my key motto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we&#8217;re going to see why 2008 did not push global economy into bigger problems and how bond market knew about tools like QE. We&#8217;re also take this interpretation into 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My observation needs to be as easy and simple as possible. We need to answer using 4 key charts what&#8217;ll happen in the next crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DJI\/GOLD<\/strong> plunging below (3M)MA200 in Jan 2008. My observation is : (3M)MA200 is the KEY Moving Average that points to troubles in DJI\/GOLD and SPX\/GOLD ratios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-768x359.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-1536x717.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-47-34-2048x957.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPX\/GOLD<\/strong> also plunging below (3M)MA200 &#8211; also in Jan 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-768x368.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-1536x737.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-48-35-2048x982.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10Y\/3M<\/strong> started to uninvert blowing up +60bps post inversion. We passed +60bps in September 2007 and break red (M)MA50 in January 2008 = bad things are ahead of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-768x369.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-1536x737.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-50-27-2048x983.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US03MY<\/strong> &#8211; we broke red (M)MA50 on the beginning of November 2007. My observation is : (M)MA50 is the key Moving Average that points to troubles, but in a combination with uninverting 10Y\/3M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-768x369.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-1536x738.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-51-49-2048x985.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPX<\/strong> &#8211; additionally SP500 did double top with 2000 peak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-768x369.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-1536x738.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_17-56-23-2048x984.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparing <strong>10Y\/3M<\/strong> vs <strong>DJI\/GOLD<\/strong> ratio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the bottom in 2009 we see 10Y\/3M reaching &gt; 350bps post inversion = cycle bottom. It was banging to this 350bps level till April 2010 = bad things are behind us and only good things will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-768x359.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-1536x719.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-55-21-2048x959.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While DJI\/GOLD just reached 5.72 around 1 year later after 10Y\/3M peaked (April 2010) and started flattening from +350bps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-768x369.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-1536x737.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_10-58-04-2048x983.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-warning wp-block-paragraph\">I personally think this DJI\/GOLD ratio will hit 1932-1980 trend, it means DJI\/GOLD will hit 0.5, but as you saw in 2009, 10Y\/3M reaching +350bps pointed us for a reversal in economic cycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How in looks today? You all know because I&#8217;ve been banging those charts all the time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DJI\/GOLD<\/strong> and (3M)MA200 broken in Jan 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-768x370.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-1536x740.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-16-42-2048x986.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPX\/GOLD<\/strong> and (3M)MA200 NOT BROKEN &#8211; In all cases those 2 ratios were always covered 1:1 during 1931, 1937, 1973, 2008 breaks down (So SPX\/GOLD break = DJI\/GOLD break), but not in 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-768x360.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-1536x719.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-19-22-2048x959.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US03MY<\/strong> &#8211; broke (M)MA50 in October 2025 and November 2025 is now below (M)MA50 (so far).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-768x358.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-1536x717.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_18-21-00-2048x956.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the key question, where will be DJI\/GOLD when <strong>10Y\/3M<\/strong> will hit 350bps? On 0.5 or higher? Because if higher we&#8217;ll get another recovery cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-300x140.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-768x360.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-1536x719.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.gregtheanalyst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chrome_2025-11-10_19-53-10-2048x959.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-success wp-block-paragraph\">But so far not much happened. SPX\/GOLD has not broken (3M)MA200, 10Y\/3M has not crossed +60bps. It might of course change very quickly because my main observation is everything aligns to US03MY (M)MA50 break fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical charts first &#8211; events (which you can&#8217;t predict) to confirm those charts will arrive later, so stop predicting events and start analysing charts That&#8217;s my key motto. 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