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MMA COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING
September 3 - 2012
Raymond A. Merriman©

Financial Market Analyst & Market Timer.

The printed version of Forecast 2014 will be translated into several different languages again this year as follows :

Chinese - Chinese        Dutch        Deutsch         Japanese       Russian                               Spanish       Italiano

Each of these will also offer the English version of Forecast 2014, as will our Chinese distributor : "Your work is essential to anyone who is serious in this field. I can't thank you enough for it".

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The Market Week in Review :

It was supposed to be a quiet pre-holiday week. And it was a quiet pre-holiday week until Friday morning, when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the Fed stands ready to provide additional monetary stimulus (i.e. quantitative easing III) if needed. At first the market was disappointed because he didn't announce a new bond buying program to start right now. But that disappointment lasted about ten minutes before market players figured out that the Fed will do whatever it takes to make sure that Treasuries and stocks don't fall off the cliff that still looms ahead on January 1 for the economy itself. So consistent with every other time in the past 100 years when Jupiter was in Gemini, coincident with a hard Uranus-Pluto aspect, the stock market still holds out the possibility of soaring yet to new all-time highs. And so do precious metals. Apparently the Fed is willing let the metals explode upwards, if that is the corollary to keeping equity prices high.

As bullish as the news was for stocks on Friday, it was even greater for Gold and Silver. Gold was up nearly $40.00/ounce as it tested 1700 for the first time since March. It is nearing the price target zone given at the special Gold workshop held in Amsterdam on June 23. Silver tested $31.80/ounce on Friday, its highest level since April. It's all part of the Mars-in-Scorpio geocosmic correlation discussed in the Forecast 2012 Book as well as in our subscription reports of the past two months. This signature is in effect August 23-October 6, and has a 70+% correlation to large rallies in Gold, following a low that would occur to a time band coinciding with August 2-23 this year. That low occurred in two places. First, on August 2, and then again on August 15, as Mars and Saturn formed their two-year conjunction in late Libra. When Mars and Saturn form a hard aspect in the summer months, it also coincides with sharply rising grain prices. That has been the case this summer as both Corn and Soybeans soared to record highs in August, a projection also covered in detail in the Forecast 2012 Book.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

There were no new positions opened last week. Our programs remain long precious metals, Euro currency, and T-Notes as our best open trades from the prior week(s).

Short-Term Geocosmics :  

The markets will be closed in the USA on Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day. Nevertheless, geocosmic signatures will be in effect next week that could coincide with market reversals.

On Monday, September 3, Venus will form a waning square to Saturn. Since Venus rules matters of value, and Saturn in a hard aspect can represent a depression of those values, it suggests some anxiety about the world's financial future again. This can also correlate with a downturn in equity values. In many stock markets, such an aspect coincides with a reversal within 4 trading days.

On Friday, September 7, the Sun will form a waxing square to Jupiter. This is a signature of exaggeration and possibly over-exaggeration. But it is also a very high historical correlation (79%) to sharp swings in equity values, again within 4 trading days. It appears that when investors return from the holidays, they will be ready to initiate new positions in various financial markets.

Longer Term Thoughts :

"President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family".Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, August 30, 2012, Tamp, FL.

"But with the Moon on the Galactic Center at 27° Sagittarius, the pro-life versus pro-choice issue may claim a front row seat as well. Women's rights play a stronger role in this election than expected, and that issue may actually turn the corner for one of the candidates. One of the parties wants to regulate the boardroom (the business and banking industry), the other wants to regulate the bedroom (social rights). My guess is that this issue would favor Obama... for most independents want the government out of their pockets and bedroom, and this election will likely swing on the votes of the independents". - Forecast 2012 Book, Specific Seasons - Fall, Autumnal Equinox chart, written in November 2011, nearly one year ago (Raymond Merriman, Seek-It Publications, W. Bloomfield, MI).

As the statements above suggest, the USA election will be a clear choice on the difference in ideology between the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties. The sideshow will be the series of mean-spirited and negative ads that focus on each candidate's alleged character deficiencies, which is really unnecessary to an intelligent electorate. The election can - or should be able to - stand on the issues and the records of both Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden.

However, we are in the midst of the long transit of Uranus in waxing square to Pluto, June 2012 through March 2015, and that is a combination that will spare no punches in its drive for victory. It is true that Uranus and Pluto can also pertain to important issues of the day, such as pro-choice versus pro-life, energy independence, taxes, and the 4 D's (debt, deficits, downgrades, and default). But it is also true that any hard aspect involving Pluto can represent an underhanded grab for power and control by unexpectedly (Uranus) trying to destroy the reputation of an opponent through mudslinging.

As we approach the second of the seven Uranus-Pluto square passages on September 19, the ideological differences between the two candidates and their party's platforms are apt to become even clearer. I don't think there will be many undecided voters in this election, for the chasm between the two is just too great. The presidential debates are scheduled for October 3, 16, and 22 and the election is on November 6.

For astrologers, the issue will be whether or not Uranus represents a 180-degree change of leadership, as it did in 2008 when Uranus was in opposition to Saturn. Or will it represent the candidate who appears the most forward-looking and progressive, as it also did in 2008 ? Uranus symbolizes "change". In 2008, Obama won the election when he convincingly seized the mantle of "change" and made McCain the failed guardian of the status quo. He can't make the same claim this time, for he has now built and become the status quo. But he can frame a vision for the future that will try to convince voters that he is more futuristic and positive. Will he do that, and if so, will the voters buy into the idea that he can deliver that promise these next four years after what they have experienced the past 4 years ? Or will this election season continue to be more mired in the mud, expressing the very lowest side of Pluto in Capricorn ?.

I know I am supposed to be answering these questions, not asking them. But whenever Uranus is involved, I - and all Financial and Mundane Astrologers - know that the climate is just too heavily charged to issue any kind of statement with certainty. Uranus corresponds to periods of unexpected and sudden surprises, as well as penetration of long-term support and resistance zones in financial markets. No one knows what the outcome will be, and more importantly, no one knows what the outcome of the election outcome will be. We have an idea, but the future is not secure or certain. Change is coming in one form or another, and not necessarily by the choices of the majority. Disruptions by external forces or actions by the minority may make the day in many cases. I wish, as Clint Eastwood said, it would "Make my day". But it won't. And in the process of this event and radical behaviors, powerful reactions by others may follow. I know it sounds cryptic. But that is also the nature of Uranus and Pluto being in contact with one another. We are still in a modern-day "Twilight Zone", and I suspect we will remain so for another 2-3 years.

Of course, this type of period can be extremely exciting too for those who are not attached to any outcome or plan.

To be continued... (next week)  

Announcements :

             Forecast 2013 Book : We are now taking pre-publications orders for the Forecast 2013 Book. As in the past, MMA offers a special pre-publication discount rate for those who pre-order the next year's book before October 15, 2012. We are pleased to announce that the cost of this year's book will remain the same as last year at $55.00. We are also pleased to announce that the special pre-publication rate of $45.00 (plus postage) will available to those who order prior to October 30! Additionally we will offer Forecast 2013 in an e-book format at these same prices, although the e-book may not contain the planetary calendar and ephemeris in the back, as will be the case in the printed hard copy editions. But there will be no postage costs with the e-book. As always, a limited number are printed, so order now, save even more big bucks, and make sure you reserve your 2013 book before they sell out (or you forget)!!!.
To order, you may call MMA offices at 1-248-626-3034, or contact Amber. Or go to our website link. We have also posted a "Scorecard" of this year's forecasts.

             We are pleased to announce the completion of "The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Volume 2 : Geocosmic Correlations to Investment Cycles". We expect this book to be in print sometime in September - hopefully in time for the September 15-16 workshop. This means that the special $75.00 pre-order rate will end August 15. At that point, the normal rate of $125 (plus postage) will go into effect. To take advantage of the special pre-order discount price, please go to.

             Recently I announced that I will be starting a new direction in life over the next two years, involving a mentor-apprenticeship program on Financial Market Timing and Analysis, according to the unique methodology I have developed over the past 30+ years. I didn't expect any response yet, as we are still developing the format. But... there has been a huge response! We know we are behind the curve on getting out information on this rapidly developing project, but we are working out the details and more announcements will be made shortly. So far we have determined that the training will take place over eight weekends stretching from 2013-2014. The dates for 2013 have now been selected. They are : April 6-8, June 15-17, Aug 10-12, and Oct 12-14. The 2014 schedule will be determined in 2013 . These 8 sessions will be the only time that Raymond Merriman will give this entire training in person. A pplications for the "On Line Market Timing Academy" (OLMTA) are being accepted now. There will be an introductory training session, September 15-16 in Troy, Michigan (see below). For more information, or an application form, please contact Amber Lundsten, call 1-248-626-3034, or go to or scroll down the opening page (next page) of www.mmacycles.com. Raymond Merriman's "Market Timing Academy" (MMTA) will offer a pre-training course on "Beginning Principles of Financial Astrology for Financial Market Timing", September 15-16, in Troy, Michigan, at the Management Education Center of Michigan State University. This 10-12 hour course may be attended live, in person, or via webcast televised to your computer. An archive of this workshop will be available for 30 days afterwards to those who sign up. This workshop will basically train non-astrologers in the use of reading an ephemeris, the table of planetary positions for any given day. This is essential to anyone who wishes to understand how to find a geocosmic critical reversal date for financial markets. This course (or audit of it) is a pre-requisite for anyone entering the MMTA market training course, as developed and instructed by Raymond Merriman. The MMTA two-year training course will begin in April 2013, and will involve 8 weekends of study - 4 weekends each in 2013 and 2014. For more information and registration, please go to www.mmacycles.com (front page, near bottom). We will make announcements as this training program unfolds. The cost for the September 15-16 pre-training workshop is $395.00 ($300 for MMA subscribers). This cost will be deducted from the fee of the two-year training course to those who apply and are accepted into MMTA by October 15, 2012.

             Speaking of our weekly subscription reports, we now offer a new one titled : MMA Weekly Treasuries, Soybeans, and Crude Oil Report. This will be a 3-5 page report offering comments, analysis, forecasts, and trading strategy for next week's market activity in the U.S. 10-Year T-Notes (Treasuries), Soybeans, and Crude Oil futures only. List of support/resistance areas, trend indicator points, geocosmic and lunar reversal points for the week, cycles phasing, and recommended buy and sell strategies. The cost is $750/yr or $250/3 months. We will offer a one-month trial subscription for $50.00, available only until August 15, as part of our introduction to this new service. Subscriptions are delivered by downloadable postings on the MMA Website, which is entered via your personal password. It is also delivered via an email attachment to all subscribers over the weekend before the market opens.

             The DVD of the Denver Workshop on Financial Market Timing is still available! This financial markets workshop offers a completely unique and original perspective, integrating :

1) Market Timing studies,

2) Price Objective calculations,

3) Technical Analysis,

4) Pattern Recognition studies, and

5) Trend Analysis.

The primary focus of this workshop is on Market Timing Studies, particularly Cycles Analysis and Geocosmic Studies, as leading indicators that identify when to anticipate a reversal in all financial markets. Gold and the U.S. stock market are studied in great detail, especially regarding their current status. There is a wealth of timely and valuable information in this DVD, especially pertaining to the forthcoming Uranus-Pluto square of June 24, 2012, lasting through March 2015, and the important Jupiter correlation to stock market cycles coming up August-November 2012 and March-May 2013. The cost for this 4-hour DVD is $180.00 plus postage. To order, or call Amber at 1-248-626-3034. If you are a trader or investor who appreciates the value of market timing - especially in the next few months - this is a presentation you will not want to miss.

             If you are an active short-term trader, or even if you are an investor who likes to keep up with our current thoughts on financial markets, you may be interested in our Weekly or even Daily Market reports with short-term trading recommendations, (see a sample there, of the weekly). It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or even weekly basis, as I no longer offer personal consultations. These reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Swiss Franc, Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, Euro-Yen cash, T-Notes, Soybeans, Crude Oil, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. Both reports provide trading strategies and recommendations for position traders as well as for shorter-term aggressive traders. Subscription to the daily report also includes the weekly report.
If you want more information call our offices at 1-248-626-3034.
These reports are extremely valuable to those who trade ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds). In the words of one of our subscribers :"I am really pleased with your recommendations through the Daily and Weekly Trade Recommendations.  I have used them to trade gold and silver stocks in my IRA.  In the last eight years I increased my account from $60,000 to $712,000.  Thanks for your excellent publications". - Bryden C., Small Business Owner, Illinois.  

             The monthly MMA Cycles report and its companion MMA Japanese Cycles and MMA European Cycles reports went out last week. If you are subscriber to any these monthly reports and did not receive it, let us know at once via our email.

- This report covers our long term analysis of the stock market (DJIA and S&P futures), Gold, Silver, T-Notes, Euro and Swiss Franc currencies, grains and crude oil. It also provides the list of geocosmic and solar-lunar reversal zones for the 1-2 months. This report comes out Monday night to subscribers.
- The MMA Japanese Markets Cycles report covers the Nikkei, JGB Bonds, and the Dollar-Yen.
- The new MMA Europe Cycles report covers the German DAX, Swiss SMI, and Netherlands AEX stock indices, each in english only and will be available on Wednesday.
For subscription information, please go to our web site, or call us at 1-248-626-3034. If you are not a subscriber, you can check this service out on a 2-month trial basis for only $50.00.

Upcoming Events :

             September 15-16 : Troy Michigan. OLMTA - the On-Line Market Timing Academy - will conduct it pre-curriculum introductory workshop on "Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing". This will be an introductory course on how to read an ephemeris and how to calculate a critical reversal date. It is open to anyone, but understanding this material is mandatory for anyone entering the MMA mentor-apprenticeship program that will officially start in March 2013. This introductory workshop will be available as a live webinar too. The cost is $300 to subscribers of any MMA subscription report, or $395 to others. For further information, please contact or ordersmmma@msn.com.

             January 11-12, 2012 : Zurich Switzerland. "Forecast 2013 Symposia" sponsored by AstroData.
January 11 lecture on Forecasts 2013. January 12 will be a special 5-hour workshop on "The Gold Market : Forecasting the Future Price of Gold and Silver". 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM. This is a special workshop on precious metals you will not want to miss !!! Cost is €345 ex VAT. Subscribers of any MMA reports (trials excluded) receive a 15% discount. For further information, follow this link or contact ASTRODATA AG, Tel. 41 (0) 43 343 33 66, or email info@mma-europe.ch. This will be special, and a great opportunity to meet some very impressive market timers who will be present. Register now as seating is limited!.

             April 6-8, 2013 : MMTA Course 1 : "Cycles and Chart Patterns in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan. This will be the first of eight courses given by The Merriman Market Timing Academy (MMTA). It is available to those who attend onsite, or via a live webcast that will take place from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday and Sunday, as well as Monday from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, followed by a two-hour exam for those wishing to receive a certificate upon the completion of the MMTA entire 8 course program. The raw footage will be available for review for attendees for the 30 days following this course.

           June 15-17, 2013 : MMTA Course 2 : "Geocosmic Correlations to Long-Term Cycles in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

           August 10-12, 2013 : MMTA Course 3 : "Geocosmic Correlations to Primary and Trading Cycles in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location : MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

           October 12-14, 2013 : MMTA Course 4 : "Solar-Lunar Correlations to Short-Term Reversals in Financial Markets" with Raymond Merriman. Location: MEC Technical Center of Michigan State University, Troy, Michigan.

           The MMA Catalogue of products and services for 2013 is now out!!! You can download it in PDF. The ordering page is the last page of the catalogue. This is especially useful for those outside of the USA, since we do not mail these out by mail unless requested.

             We are pleased to announce that the Spanish publication of "Basic Principles of Geocosmic Studies for Financial Market Timing" has just been completed. For more information and ordering, please contact www.lecochonsideral.info/semana.html.

             I am oftentimes asked for recommendations of a money manager who uses my methods, since I won't manage other people's money. The thing is, almost all money managers I know use their own systems. But many subscribe to my services and share my thoughts about the future of the economy, various financial markets, and how to position one's portfolio along these lines. One money manager who subscribes to our services that I would suggest for those looking to structure a longer-term portfolio, such as a retirement account, is Duke O'Neill of Boulder, Colorado. He can be reached at dukeoneil1@gmail.com, or 1-(303) 545-5837. For those looking for a professional trader of commodity and futures contract might consider Ted Lee Fisher at ted.fisher@comcast.net. Ted is a legend in financial futures and has a seat on the CME. Both are very knowledgeable of the tools I use, of the way I am looking at markets, and yet each makes their own decisions as to exactly when to enter and exit any market. They will be more than happy to assist you.

             To the above list, I would also like to recommend long-term MMA subscriber Erwin Brunner of Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Brunner is the founder of BrunnerInvest AG. One of his five funds was awarded the"Best in-house fund of funds" in the world recently. Mr. Brunner is a former director of the Swiss Banking Corporation (today it is known as UBS), and a general director of Rothschild Bank in Zurich. As an independent wealth manager for high net worth individuals and institutional clients only, he places his clients into the funds of the best performing fund managers in the world, via his own research and experience. For high net worth readers interested in Mr. Brunner's funds, please contact him through www.brunnerinvest.ch.

             The newly revised The Sun, The Moon, and Silver Book : Secrets of a Silver Trader, is now out. This is a book that you will use as a reference guide for...many, many years. It identifies all the key Sun-Moon combinations that have a higher (and lower) than expected probability of correlating with 4% or greater reversals in COMEX Silver. It also identifies"Big Range Days" - those days in which the range of Silver is most likely to be 3.5% or more of the price of Silver, which is a great tool for day traders. This book fulfills the dream of all traders: high probability winning trade possibilities, with minimal market exposure. It is that"extra edge". And Silver is a great market to trade now. The cost is $125.00. For ordering on line.

Disclaimer and statement of purpose : The purpose of this column is not to predict the future movement of various financial markets. However, that is the purpose of the MMA (Merriman Market Analyst) subscription services. This column is not a subscription service. It is a free service, except in those cases where a fee may be assessed to cover the cost of translating this column from English into a non-English language. This weekly report is written with the intent to educate the reader on the relationship between astrological factors and collective human activities as they are happening. In this regard, this report will oftentimes report what happened in various stock and financial markets throughout the world in the past week, and discuss that movement in light of the geocosmic signatures that were in effect. It will then identify the geocosmic factors that will be in effect in the next week, or even month, or even years, and the author’s understanding of how these signatures will likely affect human activity in the times to come. The author (Merriman) will do this from a perspective of a cycle’s analyst looking at the military, political, economic, and even financial markets of the world. It is possible that some forecasts will be made based on these factors. However, the primary goal is to both educate and alert the reader as to the psychological climate we are in, from an astrological perspective. The hope is that it will help the reader understand these psychological dynamics that underlie (or coincide with) the news events and hence financial markets of the day.

No guarantee as to the accuracy of this report is being made here. Any decisions in financial markets are solely the responsibility of the reader, and neither the author nor the publishers assume any responsibility at all for those individual decisions. Reader should understand that futures and options trading are considered high risk.


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