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The Market Week in Review :

In the end, nothing changed.

Barack Obama returns to the White House. The Democrats also retain control of the Senate. The Republicans, on the other hand, retain control of the House of Representatives and also a record majority of state governorships (30 of the 50 states now have Republican governors).

It is all about "Hope and Change" again. But in the end, there was no "change" – zero, nada. And if you measure "hope" by the reaction of Wall Street investors, there was little of that in evidence after election results were announced. On Tuesday, the day of the election and before the results were known, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 133 points, probably on the hope that there would be change – change away from gridlock and political paralysis. But when the results became known, the next day's market activity began a fierce sell-off. By Friday morning, the third day after the election, the DJIA had fallen over 500 points. But hope started to spring back as the president scheduled a news conference Friday afternoon to address the impending "Fiscal Cliff". The market was hopeful that he would show signs of willingness to compromise on his fiscal positions, as promised immediately after the election. The DJIA rallied 150 points from the morning low into the start of his speech based on that hope. But within minutes, it became clear that indeed there would be no change in his position, and the market promptly erased all those gains to close virtually unchanged. It is apparent that Wall Street doesn't like Obama's economic ideas, and they don't believe his offer for compromise is sincere and/or will lead to an avoidance of the "Fiscal Cliff" that is due to strike on January 1.

At the end of the week, it was apparent that nothing has changed - not the leadership in the White House, Senate, House, or state governorships. Yet if I am reading the transits of next year correctly, there is indeed "hope" that things will change for the better next year. After all, Jupiter will soon be exalted in Cancer, as part of a remarkable grand trine involving Saturn and Neptune in water signs. And the USA is a Cancer country. If we can't solve it then, it is almost certain there will be changes of another kind. Saturn will be firmly in Scorpio - a placement that doesn't promise hope and change. It only promises change - or loss of power.

Yet the election provided a good week for precious metals. Gold, which had started the week under 1675, ended the week over 1730. Silver fell to 3065 as the market opened early Monday, but closed the week around 3260. Here was a market which clearly liked the fact that – in the end – there was no change in the political situation in the USA. In times of economic uncertainty, Gold thrives. The future of the world economy was uncertain going into the election, and …. nothing changed. At least, not yet.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

Wednesday's daily report for Gold futures (GCZ) stated, "Aggressive traders are flat and may look to buy at 1707 with a stop-loss on a close below 1690". The low was 1703 and it closed the week at 1731. For the ETF on Gold (GLD), that same daily report stated, "Traders may look to buy at 165.50 with a stop-loss on a close below 163.50". The low that day was 165.04 and it closed the week at 167.82. The long positions on Silver and its EFT (SLV) were initiated near the lows of the prior Friday, as given in last week's column.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

This week will find Neptune turning direct at 0º Pisces on Saturday, November 10, followed by a solar eclipse in Scorpio on Tuesday, November 13, and Mars entering Capricorn on November 16-17. These are all potentially important.

The Neptune station apparently is not coinciding with a dispute on the election counting – at least not at the national level. But it could still coincide with rumors and allegations of wrongdoing or deceptions in some other matters. It can also correlate with heavy rainfalls, snow, and/or floods. Perhaps it relates to the announcement that Iran shot at an unarmed American drone five days before the election. According to Friday's Wall Street Journal, "The incident, which the Pentagon publicly confirmed after it emerged in news reports, reveals for the first time a classified U.S. surveillance program". Hmmmm, makes you wonder who leaked that, and what the repercussions will be regarding White House transparency, especially as it occurred prior to an election but wasn't revealed until afterwards. Here come more conspiracy theories!.

The solar eclipse in Scorpio will highlight all things to do with Scorpio, such as the worldwide debt explosion that continues to erupt, and of course the impending USA Fiscal Cliff, which if allowed to be activated, is expected to lead to an immediate recession and a huge jump in unemployment. We are going to hear a lot of doomsday scenarios discussed on this matter this coming week, all consistent with the dynamics of Scorpio, sign of death, debts, and taxes.

But perhaps the most important geocosmic transit next week will be Mars ingressing into Capricorn, where it will remain until Christmas Day. This affects the Federal Reserve Board chart, created December 23, 1913. It is not uncommon to see the USA Central Bank make a policy decision nearby to a cardinal sign ingress like this. But this is also an ingress that coincides with escalating threats of military confrontations in the Middle East. Last week's leak about Iran shooting at an American drone maybe the start of something that escalates wildly as Mars reaches a conjunction to Pluto and square to Uranus, November 23-27. If the stock market doesn't get some encouraging news from the White House and/or Congress about the "Fiscal Cliff", this aspect could coincide with a serious escalation of this current market decline.

Longer Term Thoughts :

"The American people gave President Obama a second chance to fix the problems that even he admits he failed to solve during his first four years. To the extent he wants to move to the political center... we'll be there to meet him halfway". Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Wall Street Journal, November 8.

"People close to Mr. Obama said he was looking to send a message to Congressional Republicans… that he is willing to reach compromises on major initiatives". Wall Street Journal, November 8.

"A second Obama term is going to mean a dismal few years of economic stagnation and political bitterness. It will tarnish not only the lame-duck incumbent but the Democratic brand, much as George W. Bush's second term tarnished the GOP. Note well, Democrats : if Mr. Obama wins, Hillary Clinton will never become president". – Bret Stevens, "Global View", Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2012.

Compromise and "meeting halfway", are positive and necessary sentiments as the United States returns the same factions of government to the balance of power they held before the election. That balance resulted in the most destructive gridlock the United States has experienced in modern times. This destructive behavior on the part of the U.S. government over the past 4 years – and indeed, over the entire world – is reflected in the dynamics of Uranus in waxing square to Pluto. This aspect will remain in force through March 2015, which is a very unsettling thought for Mundane and Financial Astrologers, particularly given the fact that they will be in an exact square at 13º of cardinal signs on April 22, 2014 – and forming a grand square with Jupiter and Mars in the same degrees of cardinal signs. But what is particularly disturbing is that the Sun and Saturn in the USA chart (July2 or July 4, 1776) are also in or nearby to those same degrees. And the Sun rules the nation's leader and Saturn rules its government. The question has to be asked : what could happen to the USA if compromise and "meeting halfway" are not achieved by that time ? What are the consequences if this gridlock between these branches of government can't overcome their dysfunctional behavior ?.

There is a lot riding on the balance of power and the willingness to compromise in the next two years. With Saturn in Scorpio, it is a "Time of Reckoning". It suggests that this cannot continue without a destructive result to the government and the office of the President itself. Fortunately there is another remarkable celestial pattern that is shaping up in the summer of 2013 that offers the promise of compromise and cooperation. It is a grand trine between Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, a planetary pattern that holds the promise of justice and fairness. At the same time, Saturn and Pluto will be in mutual reception and also in a waning sextile to one another. The sextile is an aspect of communication and cooperation, potentially affecting large masses of people. Because it is a waning sextile, it is designed to "solve a problem", as opposed to the waxing sextile, whose function is to "create a new benefit". And compromise and cooperation does not mean "agreeing with my side", as both parties have this far insisted. It means "meeting halfway". "Halfway" is all about finding a point in the middle where each side agrees to move off their cement footing.

The election is over and I wish to remind readers that the vast majority of professional astrologers were correct in their forecast about the outcome. At the United Astrology Conference, held in New Orleans in late May 2012 and as reported in this column, I emceed a panel of six professional astrologers on the Election 2012. They gave their astrological reasons as to the outcome of the election. All six concluded that their astrological studies indicated Barack Obama would be re-elected. It was consistent with the conclusions discussed in this column and the Forecast Book 2012 as well. I may have no joy about being right because of the continued gridlock that this "no change" election portends, but I am very proud of the fact that once again, the study of Astrology proved to be a valuable and accurate forecasting tool regarding the cycles of human activity.

To be continued… (next week)

Announcements :

Forecast 2013 Book : it is on schedule to be released on December 15, 2012. You may pre-order this book now at $55.00, plus postage. Once again this year's Forecast 2013 Book will also be available in an e-book format at these same prices, and with no postage costs. The book will be about 175 pages, and as always, a limited number will be printed, based on pre-publications sales. So order now, save 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.
By the way, 2013 should be very interesting as there will be a super-rare configuration in effect by the summer. We are doing our research on the frequency of this pattern now, along with its historical corresponding themes.

The monthly MMA Cycles report and its companion MMA Japanese Cycles and MMA European Cycles reports will come out this week, Monday and Tuesday, via posting on our web site, or attachment via direct emails, for subscribers.

As I am currently in the midst writing the Forecast 2013 Book, I have asked Rick Lorusso to write this month's issue of the American markets. Rick is the former Senior Vice President, Citigroup Global Markets, and was also a Senior Technical Analyst for futures for Citigroup. Rick will do his unique analysis of all the markets I normally analyze : stocks, precious metals, treasuries, currencies, crude oil, and soybeans. In my opinion, Rick's technical and market timing skills are of the finest I have come across anywhere, so I am very pleased to have him write this month's issue. I will post MMA's forthcoming geocosmic and solar-lunar critical reversal dates in the report, and I will also write the MMA Europe and MMA Japanese Cycles report, also due out this week. For further information on this report.

- 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.

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.

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.

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