William D. Gann (1878–1955)

History of Financial Advice Collection. William D. Gann remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of investment advice. Gann’s Truth of the Stock Tape repeatedly asserts its scientific status, but Gann’s is a “science” of a distinctly hermetic or gnostic kind (initiates are urged to “read this book carefully several times; study each chart and subject thoroughly, and a new light and knowledge will come to you every time you read it,” while the Bible proves to be Gann’s ultimate source of “authority,” and he alludes to “secrets” and “causes” that “I could explain to you” but that “many of you would not believe”). This esoteric element of Gann’s thinking would become all the more pronounced in subsequent works, including the singular stock market chronicle-cum-futuristic novel The Tunnel Thru the Air (1927), in which the basis of his theories in astrology, numerology, and cosmic laws of “vibration” is fully evident.… (meer)

History of Financial Advice Collection. William D. Gann remains one of the most controversial figures in the history of investment advice. Gann’s Truth of the Stock Tape repeatedly asserts its scientific status, but Gann’s is a “science” of a distinctly hermetic or gnostic kind (initiates are urged to “read this book carefully several times; study each chart and subject thoroughly, and a new light and knowledge will come to you every time you read it,” while the Bible proves to be Gann’s ultimate source of “authority,” and he alludes to “secrets” and “causes” that “I could explain to you” but that “many of you would not believe”). This esoteric element of Gann’s thinking would become all the more pronounced in subsequent works, including the singular stock market chronicle-cum-futuristic novel The Tunnel Thru the Air (1927), in which the basis of his theories in astrology, numerology, and cosmic laws of “vibration” is fully evident.… (meer)