bizdaily.com.sg/newsite/year-of-the-horse-2014/Regarding the economy, the fire element is often the driving force behind the stock market. The five elements are also affecting people’s mood. In general, fire is joy, water is fear, Earth is meditation, metal is sadness, and wood is anger. As such, fire years often generate optimism and drive up the stock market, such as in 2006 and 2007.
But in 2008, the water arrived and obviously people began to have fear about the worsening of the USA’s sub-prime problem and the subsequent recession. The financial tsunami which occurred in the autumn of 2008 led to a few years of instability in the world economy. The years subsequent to 2008 were missing the fire element, so the crisis and instability particularly in USA and Europe prevailed until 2013 when the US economy finally showed strong recovery with the fire Snake year.
The fire of 2013 will continue into the horse year of 2014 and thus we can expect genuine substantial improvement in economic atmosphere as investors will regain confidence supported by the fire horse. So this could be a year that economic activities and the stock market will continue to be very active particularly in spring and summer.
The strong fire this year will create a positive mood – optimism and drive, bringing confidence to buy stocks. This positive fire energy will continue into 2015 and 2016, which are also wood and fire showing up.
The wood fire element of 2014 is expected to bring prosperity to water industries and metal industries; this is because water conquers fire; this is why the fire element is a symbol of money to the water industry, which includes shipping, transport, and communications.
The second best industries could be metal, as metal conquers wood, so wood is money to metal industry. Also metal needs fire to melt it into useful tools. Metal industries are hi tech, banking, machinery, cars, and engineering.
The wood industry is also positive as wood produces fire, so it will be an active year for wood elements such as textile, clothing, magazine, paper, books and environmental industries.
The fire industry will not perform well. Fire industries are energy, restaurant, finance, and entertainment. In a fire year, the industry will be very active, but competition will also be very strong bringing many competitors into the scene.
In summary, the industries that will perform well in the year of the Horse are industries related to Metal and Water elements. Metal industries are banking, machinery, engineering, computer, and high tech industries. Water elements refer to transport, communications and shipping, drinks, and spas.
The wood industry will be moving ahead with conservatism; wood sees fire as productivity but sees wood as competition. Wood industries are textile, environment, paper, and news media. Fire industries are energy, finance and entertainment, and may not do very well as their money element metal is absent and the strong fire means keen competition in the financial markets.
In general, the Yang Wood Horse year, with wood on top and fire below, is the symbol of optimism and enthusiasm for new innovations and progress. There is still conflict and disharmony in international relationships and may not be a peaceful year as international clashes could be violent lead to fierce battles. Also, there are usually natural disasters such as tornados and hurricanes, fire disasters, nuclear issues, diseases and epidemics.