Summary
Joint update recorded in Jakarta (September 2025) between Phil Anderson and Akhil Patel covering current market conditions in the context of the roadmap. Discussion of 2025 market performance — the tech/Nasdaq divergence from Dow, crypto resilience, and why markets were signaling higher prices toward end of year despite negative news conditions. Phil notes that many newer subscribers have no memory of 2008, and the roadmap has been tracking well.
Key Claims
- Road map for 2025 pointed to highs in January, highs in March, then down into June/July, with “fireworks” around July 4th (came slightly earlier). — confidence: high
- As of August/September 2025, Phil believes the worst conditions are in place and markets are “looking ahead” to end-of-year conditions. — confidence: medium
- Tech stocks/Nasdaq diverged from Dow in 2025 — attributed partly to crypto space behavior. — confidence: high
- Crypto showing resilience (still ~$18-20K at time of recording) — possibly leading. — confidence: medium
- Road map “has been good over the years” — now subscribers can start to see its reliability over multiple years. — confidence: high
- Important to distinguish the 18.6-year cycle (big picture confidence) from the year-by-year roadmap. — confidence: high
Predictions / Forecasts
- Markets to continue higher toward end of 2025 (from September 2025 perspective). — status: confirmed
Notable Quotes
“Once you get confidence in that [18.6-year cycle], then you can start looking year to year. You start looking at the road map of what it might do in the financial time table too.”