Merriman Market Analyst

This web site is safe From McAfee

This free Financial astrology column for the week ahead is not the same as our service titled :
MMA Weekly Comments and Recommendations on Financial Markets,
which is available by subscription only (read a sample with the above link).

Add to favorites
The best market timing for Silver

MMA COMMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING
October 22 - 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".

Go to the sheet for Downloading the video for the Ultimate book on stock market timing.

The Market Week in Review :

"The new surveys suggest that Mr. Obama is banking the most votes during the early voting period before Election Day. Roughly one-third of the likely voters in Iowa said they have already cast ballots. Mr. Obama garnered twice as much support from those early voters as his Republican rival, leading 67% to 32%". The Wall Street Journal, "Poll : Obama Leads in Wisconsin, Iowa", Patrick O'Connor and Neil King, Jr., October 19, 2012.

Since this is the "Review and Preview" section, I will start with a review of prior columns regarding the U.S.A. presidential election, which is now just two weeks away. Previously I pointed out several issues that make the forecast of this election so difficult and fluid. One was that President Obama had introduced a game-changing election strategy that rode him to victory in 2008 - namely, that his community organizational skills enabled him to conduct a record-breaking absentee voter turnout resulting in a 58-42% pre-election day margin of gain. It is evident that the same strategy is being employed successfully again in 2012. I suspect that there will be allegations of voting irregularities and fraud signified by the Mercury and Neptune stationary phenomena that will be in effect during election week, which in turn may delay the official count of the election results. On Election Day, Mercury turns retrograde, and by that weekend Neptune turns direct. Among their many principles, Mercury rules counting and efficiency, while Neptune rules distortions along with rumors and accusations of deception.

These prior columns also referred to the period of September 19-October 8 as a time when the dynamics of the election could shift. That appears to have happened in the October 3 debate, as some polls now show Governor Romney reaching the important 50% level of approval among likely voters. Prior to that, he was well behind. The Gallop Poll now shows Romney with an even more surprising 52-45% lead over Obama nationally among likely voters, per the Wall Street Journal on October 19, 2012. That is a dramatic shift in just two weeks.

Could Romney win ? And does Mundane Astrology support that possibility ? Yes, of course it is possible, especially given the geocosmic picture. After all, Uranus is well into its waxing square to Pluto (June 24, 2012 through March 17, 2015), and anytime Uranus is involved in an aspect to Saturn, Neptune, or Pluto, anything can happen, including major changes in leadership throughout the world. On Election Day in 2008, for example, Saturn was in opposition to Uranus, and Obama shocked the world by becoming the first African-American president of the USA. It can now happen that another major change in leadership occurs, even though my bias remains slightly in favor of Obama. With Uranus, you can never be certain of the outcome.

There are other important geocosmic considerations to take into account that might be used effectively to forecast this election and its aftermath. For instance, Saturn has now moved into Scorpio on October 5, just two days after the first presidential debate. That was one of the factors that led me to suggest a major shift in the dynamics of this election could take place September 19 (when Uranus made its second square to Pluto) and October 8. Saturn will remain in Scorpio for three years with the exception of brief stint into Sagittarius from December 23, 2014 through June 15, 2015. While Saturn is in Scorpio, it will be in "mutual reception" to Pluto in Capricorn. Saturn rules Capricorn and Pluto rules Scorpio, hence they are in one another's ruling signs (known as "mutual reception"). When planets are in mutual reception, their psychological dynamics are intensified. It is as if they are in conjunction. In this case, Saturn may rule the area of life involving governments, and the psychological dynamic of the urge to "reduce". Saturn's nature is to contract and make things more efficient and manageable. Pluto dynamic is to reform, and amongst the areas of life it lords over are taxes and debt. Together this may be viewed as a three-year period in which governments begin action to reduce debts and reform tax codes. This would seem to play more into the campaign platform of Governor Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan than President Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden. If that is the case, one could further envision a changed policy of government-economic reforms beginning to sweep across the world, for these aspects are by no means limited to the USA. The transit of Pluto in 8-15 degrees of Capricorn in 2013-2014 (while in square to Uranus and mutual reception to Saturn) will hit China, Japan, and the Euro Union (July 1, 1967) charts. It could very well mark the beginning of hard limits on the size and role of world governments. For those interested in a more in-depth analysis of this perspective, please visit well-known astrologer Dr. Glenn Perry's website, at www.aaperry.com. He has written two very interesting articles on the 2012 election.

In financial markets last week, U.S. and Japanese stock markets made a multi-week low on Monday's new moon of October 15. Most European markets bottomed late the week before. Most rallied into Thursday before starting a sharp pullback into Friday. Gold and Silver, plus currencies against the U.S. Dollar, followed a similar course. But now the real action begins.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

The daily report on SLV (Silver's ETF) for Tuesday, October 16, stated, "Traders are flat and may look to sell short (or buy ZSL) if prices get back to the new bearish crossover zone (above 31.97) with a stop-loss on a close above 33.05". The high that day was 32.02.

The daily report on T-Notes, for Thursday, October 18, stated : " Aggressive traders are short (from 133/25 on September 28) with a stop-loss on a close above 133/23. Look to cover today below 132/02 and then reverse and go long there with a stop-loss below 131/02". The low that day was 131/29 and T-Notes were up sharply on Friday.

Short-Term Geocosmics :  

Earlier I discussed the importance of September 19-October 8 as a potential shift in the collective psychological dynamics that could indicate a change in the race for the White House. It happened. And now we are about embark upon yet another - and final - shift in psychological dynamics that could once again correspond to a shift in the direction of the USA presidential election, as well as in many financial markets. This shift is scheduled to take place this Monday, October 22 as the Sun enters the debt-emphasized sign of Scorpio, through November 10, when Neptune turns direct. In between we will find the Sun conjunct Saturn (Oct 25), Mars in opposition to Jupiter (October 26), Venus entering into a T-square to the Uranus Pluto waxing square (November 1-3), and Mercury turning retrograde (November 6). The Mars-Jupiter opposition and Venus translation to the Uranus-Pluto square (October 26-November 3) may be the most important part of the shift. It could also correspond to a very large price swing in world equity prices because Mars is also in Sagittarius at the same time. As discussed last week, "The major short-term geocosmic signature in effect right now may be Mars in Sagittarius (October 6-November 16). This is a combination of dynamics that suggests very wild markets. Mars represents impulse and aggression, the urge to win at all costs… It can be combative and war-like… (and) it is in Sagittarius, which relates to the principles of exaggeration and bigness. It is a combination that lends itself to risk-taking activities as confidence is oftentimes high, but sometimes too high. And here is where the problem comes in. If things don't go the way that one thinks they should, that confidence can turn quickly to hysteria and panic. So with Mars in Sagittarius, financial markets can display powerful rallies or crushing declines …".

Get ready. We are about to enter this time band where things can get quite wild, especially late this week and into the following week. It is a time where great profits can be made, but also great losses, if not careful. And the dreaded "Fiscal Cliff" : still looms ahead on January 2. This market reminds me a lot of almost exactly 25 years ago - the Friday before October 19, 1987.

Longer Term Thoughts :

"Nor do we anticipate that Mr. Romney will retreat from the protectionist rhetoric he's been peddling on China, though it would be nice to hear him recognize that the biggest ‘currency manipulator' in the world today is the U.S. Federal Reserve". - Wall Street Journal, "Review and Outlook : The Foreign Policy Debate", October 19, 2012.

Last week a perspective student applying for enrollment in next April's MMA Market Timing Academy (MMTA) asked me the question: "Why are you doing this two-year course under these difficult aspects ? " He was referring to the 126-147 year Uranus-Pluto waxing square cycle. Hard aspects between Uranus and Pluto aspects have a history of correlating with extremely difficult economic times, as discussed in last year's Forecast 2012 Book. So let me answer this question in this column, for it qualifies as both a lesson in Mundane Astrology and personal transits to my natal chart, which may be instructive to students of astrology.

1°) First of all, the mundane reason. The hard Uranus-Pluto aspect is exactly why I wanted to host this 2-year training course now, and not later. These are difficult times for everyone. No one knows for certain what the future will be. That's the nature of Uranus. And personal finances is an important topic everyone is confused about it. How often do you hear : "Where can I put my money that will be safe ? Where can I make a return on my investment ? " If you have been reading this column since 2008, you know that I believe the 2008-2015 Cardinal Climax is not a time of any safe financial investments. It is a time that favors speculation and trading - not investment. So by bringing people together at this time who are passionate about financial markets, financial market timing, and the geopolitical world we live in, an opportunity is created for each of us to inspire one another with financial and trading ideas based upon these principles. In other words, everyone present can benefit from the synergy that this Academy will generate.

2°) Second, Jupiter (planet of teaching and education) will be going through my ninth house of education and learning. It will be conjunct my natal Uranus and Lunar North Node (in Gemini, 9 th house), which culminates in my chart and forms the handle of what is known as a "Yod" formation (sometimes called "the hand of God" - don't worry : I am not the only person with such a configuration). In this pattern, Uranus forms a quincunx to my natal Venus and Jupiter in the second house of Scorpio (finances) on one side, and the Moon in Capricorn in the fourth house on the other side. The natal Moon in turn sextiles the Venus-Jupiter conjunction. The progressed Moon is also conjunct my natal Uranus during this period. Now when a "Yod" formation in a natal chart is touched off by a major transit like Jupiter or a progressed planet like the Moon, one's life direction can change. It is time for a change in direction. So, this is my time to make a life change, and it is my time to bring forth all the studies I have conducted, and the methodology for trading and investing that I have created as a result of these studies, and present them in an educational venue. This is the reason I am doing this now, and only now (April 2013 through October 2014, over 8 weekends). I believe this information and these tools are needed now, and I have the drive and passion to do this at this time. I wish to share ideas about trading and investing in a group of those who want to learn and are willing to share their ideas with others in this group. And I wish the experience to be with others who are ripe for learning new skills because it creates a sense of great excitement for me. One thing about Uranus : you love the energy of excitement. And in Gemini, as in my case, it is the excitement of learning something new and teaching something totally unique and valuable that you won't find anywhere else.

Welcome to the 15 apprentices who have enrolled in MMTA, and to the several others who have already applied to be on-line students. It will be an incredible two years, starting April 2013.

To be continued... (next week)  

Announcements :

             Forecast 2013 Book : Only two more weeks to take advantage of the special pre-publications offer 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 :

             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!.

             January 17, 2013 : Amsterdam, Netherlands".Forecast 2013", Sponsored by Schogt Market Timing. Call 31-(0) 294-415-917 for further more information, Or there.

             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.


Subscribe NOW

and get the cutting edge of news and trading strategies before others!

Copyright © 2007

MMACYCLES@msn.com

Top of the page





Un hébergement compétitif

Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional

Valid CSS!



title="free web stats" href="http://statcounter.com/" target="_blank">free web stats html>