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The Market Week in Review :

Global equity markets were mostly higher last week, following the new moon in Aries, conjunct Uranus. However, it wasn't volatile until the very end of the week when stock markets in the USA sold off late Friday. This fits with the geocosmic set up discussed in our last column as, "This week finds the new moon conjunct Uranus. Everyone thinks it will be volatile due to Uranus. Maybe. But the fastest moving point in this conjunction is the Moon, which is not so volatile. But then the week after that, it's the opposition of the Sun and Mars, and Mars is the slower of the two in this opposition, so it suddenly switches to Mars energy, and that can be aggressive and wild. But April 20-23 finds two powerful oppositions unfolding : Jupiter in opposition to Pluto and Mars in opposition to Uranus. So that is truly the Uranus-Pluto period. This is when markets could get really wild. Yes, we need to allow an orb, maybe up to two weeks".

Gold found a temporary low on Tuesday, April 1, below 1280, as the Sun and Uranus made their conjunction. By Friday, Gold was trading $30.00 higher. Crude Oil was relatively quiet, trading between the prior week's high and low, so no volatility there either. The greater action was in currencies, as the Euro continued to fall, briefly below 1.3700, after testing the 1.4000 mark just 2 weeks ago. I think this decline is an important omen of what is to come. The currency wars may flare out of control these next 2-3 weeks. Watch the events and decisions that come out of China, Russia, and the USA regarding their exchange rates with one another and with Europe. This could get testy, especially with the G20 meeting coming up next week and the push by several members to grant the IMF even more power over future currency policies. At the root, here is the question : will the Dollar remain the world's standard currency for much longer ? Or will an effort begin that will alter that status quo ? What are the options ? We may be hearing about other options in the next two weeks. Or maybe we won't hear about them, as they are being discussed off the record.

Best Trades of the Past Week :

Our best trade of the week in the weekly subscription report was in the Euro, which advised , "Position traders are flat and may sell short at 1.3825 +/- .10, with a top-loss on a close above 1.3955. Aggressive traders are flat and may do the same". The high of the week was on April 2 at 1.3819. It closed the week at 1.3698.

Our best trades on the daily reports were in Silver again. Monday's daily report stated, " Aggressive traders are long with a stop-loss on a close below 1950. But let's exit at 1995 or higher on Monday, go short there, and set a stop-loss on a close above 2020". That worked out well, as the high was 2001. Thursday report then advised, "Aggressive traders are short (and may) cover at 1960-1966 and stand aside if filled". That worked out well too as the low was 1963.

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 and Longer-Term Geocosmics :

The war drums start beating more intensely this week, whether on the battlegrounds or in the boardrooms, or in government offices around the world. Mercury enters Aries on Monday, April 7, so the wars begin with words and threats. On April 8, the Sun will move into opposition with Mars, highlighting the Martian energy of the planet ruling Aries. More threats, maybe even actions designed to provoke hostilities. It is all leading into Pluto turning retrograde on April 14, followed by the huge Mars-Uranus-Jupiter-Pluto grand square at 13 degrees of cardinal signs April 20-23, all hitting spot on with Vladimir Putin's Sun in Libra, the USA's Sun and Saturn square in Cancer-Libra, plus critical points in the charts of the Russia and China. It will take a lot of discipline to restrain basic urges to….get even with those who have threatened you. An example of this dynamic can be seen in the events of last week's second Ft. Hood killings, which is one more example of people losing control, and taking it out fatally upon innocent people. Even ordinary citizens are reaching their frustration limits with the Pluto in Capricorn dynamic of government intrusion and harassment of their personal lives, as witnessed by this video gone viral at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=589797007761126.

I know, dear reader, that you wish me to be positive and hopeful, and without a doubt, I still hold out hope for humanity and its leaders. But, it is a challenge to find positive developments amongst world leaders over the past 3-5 five weeks. The direction of government, banking, and business leaders and their contemplated policies have not been encouraging. The best news I have is this : only three more weeks.

In terms of financial markets, the approach of Mars to Jupiter and Uranus (T-square, and grand square if you include Pluto) could still coincide with rising equity prices. If not, then a very sharp decline is readying now, instead of after April 23.

Longer-Term Thoughts :

"Governments around the world are considering measures to squelch free speech or free enterprise on the internet, including efforts to suppress Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, and restrictions on cloud computing and other internet data services. Multilateral organizations have already taken disturbing steps. a majority of countries joined Russia, Iran, and China in supporting a measure calling on the ITU, a United Nations agency, to play an enlarged role in "International internet governance".

• "Global Internet Governance Invites Censorship", Julius Genachowski and Gordon M. Goldstein, Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2014.

You knew it was going to happen. The freedom of the internet would surely encounter pressure to suppress its "free speech" forum by governments around the world who don't want their policies or actions scrutinized by citizens everywhere. And what better time for this repressive effort to make headlines than now, right at the second peak of the Cardinal Climax, right in this time band of a slew of intensive geocosmic signatures surrounding the fifth passage of Uranus (internet) square to Pluto in Capricorn (power grabs by governments and their agencies around the world). This particular passage is perhaps the most important of all because it involves a Grand Cardinal Square with Mars in Libra and Jupiter in Cancer. Something big was - is - due to happen during this period. In fact, many big, fundamental, changes are brewing now, and it will take the "power of the people" to express themselves very forcibly and loudly to preserve the freedoms they cherish. Fortunately (I think), Pluto in Capricorn square Uranus in Aries can correlate with an increased "power to the people" collective ideology, which of course is what autocratic leaders around the world don't want, and which is why they are cracking down so hard to "get the power" before the people wake up and claim what is rightfully theirs. People are waking up, and so too are the forces of repression (leaders who are feeling more urgent than ever to make their own moves now).

In terms of the cosmos, this is serious business. It's heavy. It's intense, per Pluto in Capricorn. And it is dangerous, because there are so many conflicting forces that want "change" - "big changes", even to the point of revolution - consistent with the theme of Uranus in Aries ("I want my freedoms, and I don't want your repressive censorships"). It's the people versus the machine of government, big business, insurances, and banks "too big to fail", but not too big to continuously increase fees and surcharges on individual accounts that drive ordinary citizens to feel both powerless and outraged.

Yet, as a Mundane and Financial Astrologer, one has to be impressed that so far the system hasn't totally unraveled under this cosmic tsunami. Is that because of the "power of the people", or the "fear of the leaders" in going too far ? Perhaps it is because Uranus and Pluto are in a waxing square, which is symbolically the pain of birth (not death) - the birth of a new social and economic order. The good news is that the peak of this cardinal climax, which began in 2008, will start to diminish in a few weeks, and we are still here, standing. We didn't explode or implode, although there certainly were more than the normal outbursts of violence and insanity that needlessly took the lives of many.

Thus, in some ways, we can look at these last six years and take solace in the fact that we withstood a slew of harsh realities. We are more aware of our liberties - and the threats to them - than ever before. That too is a function of Uranus in Aries - it awakens the collective mind to the importance of freedoms and basic human rights. From that dynamic, the next step is innovation, invention, and new solutions that are "outside the box". For that to naturally evolve for Humankind, I would think we need to demand the continuation of a free internet that does not fall under the repressive arms of government controls around the world.

To be continued (next week).

Personnal :

Last month we announced that MMA had received the Market Timing Digest award for "Best Market Timer of 2013" based on correctly calling the times of the eight largest moves of 2013 in the U.S. stock market. Now they have announced other awards (Gold, Silver, and Bronze) based on an expanded list of the 15 largest price moves. Here are their results announced this week, in Amsterdam, Netherlands :

These are the best Market Timers of 2013

Our Golden Medal is for : Raymond Merriman of the Merriman Market Analyst Inc in Farmington Hills, MI. Ray won convincingly by mentioning all 15 reversal dates that MTD published in in 2013.

The Silver Medal goes to : Robin Handler of Handler & Associates Inc - Robin mentioned 12 out of 15 reversal dates.

Bronze medals go to : Ted Phillips of Astro Advisory Services Inc in Malibu, CA and Norm Winski of Astro Trend in Naples, FL and to Daniel Ciuntuc of Dharmik Market Timing in Iasi, Romania.

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). And since early December, these reports have been extremely profitable. As subscriber and trader R.B. of Albuquerque, NM writes, "You have been on an incredible run for a while ; I have never seen anything like it". Well, when everything lines up just right…

Course 5 of the MMTA (Merriman Market Timing Academy) was a great success ! This course, titled "Trading and Investing Planning: Combining Market Timing Studies and Price Objective Calculations", was held March 24-27, 2014, in Troy, Michigan. This course focused on several topics. The first was the development of a weekly and daily trading plan, based on cycles, geocosmic signatures, and solar-lunar combinations. Real-time strategies took place every morning and at the end of the trading day. Then, 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 were addressed. From there, the lessons moved into intermediate- and shorter-term price calculations. The DVD and LMS (on line version) of the course will be available at the end of April, via www.merrimanmta.com. The cost of this 4-day course is $3600.

MMTA Course 6 will take place June 2-5, 2014, also at the Michigan State University Management Education Center (MEC) in Troy, Michigan. This course will focus on short-term calculations of daily and weekly support/resistance, and trading plans to go with it. These plans will combine our knowledge of market timing tools, including cycles, geocosmic critical reversal dates, and solar-0lunar combinations. For more information, please call 1-248-626-3034, or visit the MMTA website.

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.
Two-issue trial subscriptions are available for this service for $50.00, which includes the current issue and the next month's as well.
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.

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 :

April 10, 2014 : Ann Arbor, MI. "Financial Astrology Workshop - Gold, Silver, and the Stock Market", with Raymond Merriman, 1:00 - 6:00 PM. This is a pre-seminar to the GLAC - Great Lakes Astrology Conference, which takes place April 11-13 and features several well-known professional astrologers. For more information, or call 1-734-434-0804.

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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