MMA WEEKLY - Financial Astrology commentary, Financial Market Analyst and Market Timer

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The Market Week in Review :

Many of the world's equity markets continued to rise sharply last week, following their primary cycle lows of the prior week (February 3-5 in most indices). This is normal bullish behavior for the start of new primary cycles. They are always bullish for the first phase of any cycle. The only difference is how long the bullish phase lasts. That depends upon the phasing of the next longer-term cycle beyond the primary. If the longer-term cycles are in their latter stages - their bearish stages - then the rally in the first phase of a new primary cycle might only last a couple of weeks. But if not in their latter stages, the rally can last well over two months - which brings us to Financial Astrology. Specifically, we continue to focus on the month of April when the most impressive of geocosmic signatures this year take place. In fact, March 29-April 25 is arguably the most potent planetary gathering since the summer of 2010 when the Federal Reserve Board defied all expectations and aggressively renewed its quantitative easing programs, and made it clear it would print as much new money as necessary to prevent a global depression. This unexpected policy was announced shortly after the first Greek default and bailout, which itself stunned the European banking community and sent shock waves through the entire global financial system. As Fed Chair Ben Bernanke stated in February 2011 to the Budget Committee on Capitol Hill, "We are much closer to total destruction than you think".

Now here we are, three years later, with a new Fed Chair (Janet Yellen), and the message is just the opposite : the economy is getting stronger and the Fed will stay with its current course. Of course her optimistic assessment was delivered under Mercury retrograde. Financial Astrologers are probably wondering what she will have in store for the investment community in April 2014. Will it match in importance the Fed's policies of the summer of 2010 ? Astrologically speaking, it could. Of course, as all well-trained and experienced professional astrologers know, the manifestation of those April aspects could apply to areas other than world finances and banking. They may manifest in world politics, or even acts of nature. We never know for certain. We just know that in some expression of human and/or natural activity, something big is developing that will probably change the course of that activity in a profound way, for quite some time to follow. It could directly or indirectly affect - change - the trend of world stock markets or other financial markets, whether it comes from the field of central banks, national or international politics, or nature.

In the meantime, Fed Chair Yellen's remarks last week encouraged investors of both equities and precious metals. Both soared. Perhaps the most impressive advance was in Silver, which was up nearly a full dollar per ounce on Friday, thus confirming it is in a new and bullish longer-term cycle. This movement is right in line with MMA'a special report on Gold and Silver issued on January 1 to subscribers, only one calendar day after the long-term low was tested and held on December 31. We are going to issue another special longer-term outlook for Gold in the next monthly MMA Cycles Report, to be released to subscribers the following week (February 24). Please click here for further information.

It is all about timing, which is why Financial Astrology is so valuable.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

The best of the weekly trades was in the March Soybeans, which took profits on longs the prior week, and then last week advised, " Let's rebuy at 1315 or better with a stop-loss on a close below 1260". Perfect. The low last week was on Tuesday at 1312-1/2. By Thursday, it was testing 1350.

The best of the daily trades were in precious metals, stocks, and T-Notes. The daily report of Tuesday, February 11 advised in Gold, " Aggressive traders may also go long on a close above 1281". The close was 1290.60 that day. Friday's close was testing 1320, its highest level in three months. On the same day, Silver traders were advised, "Position traders are flat and if prices drop to daily support (1990-1992), then go long at 2011 on a stop, with a stop-loss on a close below the low of the day. Aggressive traders ... may follow same instructions as position traders". The low that day was 1991.50, right into support, and the close was 2022. By Friday's close, Silver was trading above 2140 (every 100 points equals $5000 per COMEX contract). On February 12, our advice in T-Notes was "Aggressive traders are flat and may buy at 125/08-125/12 if offered, with a stop-loss on a close below 125/00". The low that day was 125/03. By the next day, March T-Notes were testing 126. On February 13, for the DJIA, the daily report advised, "Aggressive traders are short (from the prior day's high) ... let's (cover) and still go long in daily support (15,908-15,914) with a stop-loss on a close below 15,700". On Friday, the DJIA was above 16,150. The low was 15,863 and it closed at 16,027 that day. A similar trade was enacted on the long side in the March NASDAQ mini at 3613. It closed at 3651 that day.

For more information on the daily or weekly market reports, please follow this link, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

Mercury continues its retrograde period (February 6-28). Of great importance to Financial Astrologers is that Monday, February 17, will be the midpoint of the retrograde. Any market that did not reverse when Mercury turned retrograde (February 6 +/- 2 trading days) is vulnerable to a sharp counter-trend move within one trading day of its midpoint. In the USA, financial markets are closed on Monday, February 17. The next day, February 18, will find the Sun leaving the uneven and unpredictable sign of Aquarius for the mellow but highly sensitive (but somewhat irrational) sign of Pisces. For financial markets, this can represent a time of sudden changes, but they may be short-lived. As discussed in prior columns, I think all market declines will be limited now due to all the IRA accounts being funded in February and March. There should be record contributions made this year since so many more people have returned to work in the past year and wages are rising. There may be steep market declines over the next 1-2 months, as mentioned before, but I expect them to be brief - perhaps until the cosmic tsunami hits in April.

Longer-Term Thoughts :

will return in two weeks.

To be continued (next week).

Personnal note :

Last week, the Market Timing Digest of Amsterdam, Netherlands announced that I was 2013's "Market Timing Digest's Best", in most accurately identifying the best turning dates in 2013. The award identifies the most important turning points of each year in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and then determines which of the analysts (market timers that they track) correctly forecasted the most of those major turns. Eight turning points met their criteria in 2013 for major reversals. I identified all eight in our subscription reports that they track, well ahead of time. Three other market timers placed second with 5 correct calls. For the complete story, please go to http://www.markettiming.nl/en/market-timing-digest.

When you are hot, you are hot. As subscriber R.B. of Albuquerque, NM noted last week, regarding our daily and weekly report calls over the past two months, "You have been on an incredible run for a while ; I have never seen anything like it".

Announcements :

MMA's weekly and daily reports have been extremely accurate and profitable over the past several weeks, especially in equity indices, crude oil, and precious metals. 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 Daily Market reports. It is the only way I keep in touch with traders on a daily or weekly basis. These weekly reports give in-depth analysis of the DJIA, S&P and NASDAQ futures, Euro currency (cash and futures), Dollar/Yen cash and Yen futures, Euro-Yen cash, T-Notes, Crude Oil, Soybeans, Gold and Silver. The daily reports cover all stock indices listed above, as well as futures in Euro, T-Notes, Gold and Silver, plus GLD and SLV (the Gold and Silver ETF's). 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. For more information, or call our offices at 1-248-626-3034. These reports are extremely valuable to those who trade ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds).

Are you ready to begin Year 2 of the Merriman market Timing Academy? We are! The second year of MMTA courses will begin March 24-27, 2014, in Troy, Michigan. This course will focus on several things. First will be the development of a weekly and daily trading plan, based on cycles, geocosmic signatures, and solar-lunar combinations. Real-time strategies will take place every morning. Then we will address longer-term market cycles, longer-term planetary cycles, and calculations of price objective targets for long-term cycle tops and bottoms, along with their patterns and sub-cycles. From there, we will move into intermediate- and shorter-term calculations. For more information, please visit www.merrimanmta.com. There you can also view research papers on market timing findings conducted by apprentices, which are posted as they are reviewed. Some are quite valuable.

The first year of MMTA (the Merriman Market Timing Academy) is now completed! The courses (all 4 together, or separately) are available via our LMS website-uploadable venue (no postage), or in DVD, to those who wish to become students of MMA's methodology. Each course comes with a full workbook (90-130 pages each). For a complete description of these courses - and those yet to come - please visit www.merrimanmta.com , or call 1-248-626-3034.

Our 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.
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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.

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 :

March 24-27, 2014 : Scottsdale, AZ or Troy, MI. MMTA Course 5: "Price Targets and Chart Patterns in Financial Markets". Special Guest contributor will be Noboru Takesaka.

June 2-5, 2014 : MMTA Course 6 : "Advanced Support-Resistance Calculations for Trading".

August 25-28, 2014 : MMTA Course 7 : "Combining Technical Studies, Cycles, and Critical Reversal Dates for Traders".

September 25-28, 2014 : The ISAR International Astrology Conference, Phoenix, AZ. This will be the "big one" next year with dozens of well-known international astrologers present ! Mark your calendars and plan to attend it. Information will soon be available at www.iasastrology.com.

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 theBest 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 identifiesBig 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 thatextra 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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