The 1929 Warning No One Took Seriously — Why the Same Pattern Is Returning

In 1929, Roger Babson warned that a major market collapse was approaching. Wall Street dismissed him. Forty-seven days later, the U.S. market crashed. Babson’s warning wasn’t a guess. It was based on a recurring five-stage pattern that has appeared before every major financial collapse of the last century. The same sequence was visible before 1987, before 2000, and before 2008. Today, four of those five stages are already in place. In this video, I break down that historical sequence step by step: the credit explosion, the concentration trap, the smart money exit, the liquidity illusion, and the final trigger. Using historical data and modern comparisons, we examine how these stages formed in past crashes—and how closely current conditions resemble them. The people most affected in 1929 weren’t ignorant. They were unprepared. They relied on reassurances and assumed stability would hold. History shows that warnings rarely arrive as headlines. They appear as patterns. ⚠️ This video is for educational and historical analysis only. It is not financial advice.