Cycles in the City ’26 — Foundation for the Study of Cycles

May 28–30, 2026 · SUNY Global Center, New York

The Foundation for the Study of Cycles (FSC) — the organisation founded by Edward R. Dewey and now home to Ray Tomes as Science Director — held its second annual in-person conference, Cycles in the City ’26, over three days in Manhattan. Continuing from the 2025 event, the conference paired scientific cycles research with market-cycles practice, on the principle Dewey himself held to: that the natural-science side and the market-analysis side of cycles work best when they inform each other.

How the three days broke down

• Day 1 – Thursday, May 28: Cycles in Science and Nature. Opened with a session on Dewey’s legacy, followed by talks on hormonal cycles and generational theory, solar cycles, geomagnetic cycles, cosmic radiation and the 36-year cycle, and the primacy of time in quantum theory. Keynote: Michael Howell on global liquidity.
• Day 2 – Friday, May 29: Market Cycles and Trading Strategies. Keynote: Larry Williams, deep-diving into market cycles, with analyst panels and interactive sessions on applying cycles-based trading.
• Day 3 – Saturday, May 30: Practical Applications and Innovation. Keynote: John Bollinger (creator of Bollinger Bands), with hands-on workshops applying cycles analysis, plus a preview of FSC’s Cycles App technology roadmap.

A separate "Lunch with Legends" session brought Larry Williams and Jake Bernstein together for a small-group working conversation in support of the FSC archive-preservation project.

The full line-up

• Michael Howell — 30+ years in finance, former research director at Salomon Brothers, developer of the "global liquidity" concept. Speaker page →
• Larry Williams — trading since the 1962 crash, author of best-selling futures-trading books, lifetime achievement award winner. Speaker page →
• John Bollinger — creator of Bollinger Bands, founder of Bollinger Capital Management. Speaker page →
• Chris Carolan — author of The Spiral Calendar, 1998 Charles H. Dow award winner for work on lunar/tidal cycles and market crashes. Speaker page →
• Andrew Pancholi — creator of the Market Timing Report, known for predicting the 2020 crash and the 2007–08 financial crisis. Speaker page →
• Jake Bernstein — publisher of Jake Bernstein’s Weekly Futures Trading Letter since 1972, FSC board member.
• Dr. Richard Smith — Chairman of the Board and Executive Director, FSC. Founder of RiskSmith and former CEO/founder of TradeStops, grown to 30,000+ retail investors and $20 billion under technology management. Session: "It’s About Time: Quantum Theory and the Primacy of Time."
• Lars von Thienen — Cycles App Developer and Board Member, FSC. Founder/CEO of a knowledge-management company, author of two books on cycles analysis, hosts Market Cycles Report every Monday. Session: "Geomagnetic Cycles."
• Ron William — Development Director, FSC. Market strategist and educator with 20+ years at economic research and institutional firms. Session: "Solar Cycles: The Hidden Link Between Macro, Mood, and Markets."
• Iain MacKay — Board Member, FSC. Veteran software technologist specialising in marketing research and data-analysis tools. Session: "Disharmony of the Spheres?"
• David Marturano — Session: "Cosmic Radiation Cycles and the 36-Year Cycle."
• Janne Miettinen — Independent researcher (Finland) exploring the biological roots of societal and market cycles, drawing on wildlife biology, chronobiology, and Strauss–Howe generational theory. Session: "Hormonal Cycles and the Fourth Turning."
• Peter Borish — Guest Speaker. Former member of the Brady Commission and a key architect of Tudor Investment’s research and data operations; now leads Computer Trading Corporation.
• Harry Dent — Guest Speaker. President of the H.S. Dent Foundation, author of the New York Times bestseller The Great Depression Ahead.
• Bill Sarubbi — Board Member, FSC. Regular Forbes contributor; former Wall Street analyst, institutional broker, and technical strategist; formerly on the currency-hedging committee of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
• Elliott Prechter — Elliott Wave Technology. Developed the EWAVES symbolic-AI software for Elliott Wave analysis; President of Qualitative Analytics.
• Akhil Patel — Real Estate Cycles Expert. Author of The Secret Wealth Advantage; co-founder and director of Property Sharemarket Economics.
• Stan Harley — Guest Speaker. Advanced technical, quantitative and financial research consultant at HCM Business Analytics; publisher of The Harley Market Letter since 1995.
• Tom McClellan — Guest Speaker. Market analyst known for advanced indicators including work on the four-year Presidential Cycle Pattern; co-publisher of The McClellan Market Report since 1995.
• Ray Tomes — Science Director of FSC, developer of Harmonics Theory and CARS analysis app, speaking on "Afanasyev's Nanocyclite Method of dating geological deposits"

Conference homepage on cycles.org →