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Peaks and valleys. And then higher peaks and lower valleys. This seems to be the recent pattern of world stocks indices as we prepare to enter the last stretch of the 33-month Uranus-Pluto waxing square, the longest and most potent geocosmic "hard aspect" of our lifetime. This social, political, and economic signature of historic experimentation and transformation is entering the final five months of its transit. From November 2014 through March 2015, it will makes its final two passages, with Mars transiting the entire zodiacal sector stretching from Capricorn to Aries, which contains Pluto (in Capricorn) through Uranus (in Aries). It would be analogous to the crescendo at the end of an impressive fireworks display, where all the stops are pulled out in order to produce that final "Wow!" reaction.

In this case, it started a little bit early. Instead of waiting for November, the stock indices of the world, with the assistance of central banks of the world, began marching to the final crescendo in mid-October, right at the middle of the recent Mercury retrograde passage. Let's briefly review for a moment what has recently transpired in this current fireworks bonanza.

In mid-July (July 17-24), the USA and many of the world's stock indexes made multi-year or all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for example, topped out at 17,151. That was the first peak. Then those indices plunged sharply into lows on August 7-8. The DJIA fell to 16,333. That was the first valley. Most of these indices then soared to new highs September 19-25, nearby to the Jupiter-Uranus trine on September 25. That was the second peak. All then plummeted even more sharply into October 15-17, to lower lows than August 7-8. That was the second valley. And then the impressive display of fireworks into the final act began, especially as Mars started its journey into Capricorn last week. Now we are in the third peak. How many new peaks and valleys will we experience in this final 5-month stretch? Probably, a few more.

Friday's cannon-shot to new all-time highs in the U.S. indices, and strong rallies in other world indices, was brought about by the Bank of Japan's surprising announcement to ". increase the pace at which it expands base money to about $726 billion per year", according to a report on CNBC. The result was that the Nikkei spiked up 5% (755 points) and the Dollar shot up to its highest level against the Japanese Yen since 2008. The Nikkei, in fact, rallied over 2000 points (13.7%) from its low of October 17 (14,529) to its high on Friday, October 31 (16,533). Other world markets then followed, with the DJIA and the S&P, for instance, soaring to new all-time highs on Friday, October 31, as well.

The accommodative move by the BOJ, combined with the end of the Federal Reserve Bank's QE buying programs, both provided strength in the U.S. Dollar. This was not positive for precious metals. Both Gold and Silver fell to new multi-year lows, which coincides with our forecasts to subscribers of all MMA reports. In fact, the strength in the Dollar was bearish for other currencies, as well as most commodities, including crude oil. The washout in many commodities is underway, and is part of this spectacular display that could continue under this final Uranus-Pluto combustion zone over much of the next 5 months.

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This section of the weekly column will resume after the Forecast 2015 Book is completed. I need all the time I can muster to finish this year's book, as we enter the "Post-Cardinal Climax Era". So many possibilities. so many opportunities. .

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Short-Term Geocosmics and Longer-Term Thoughts :

• "The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design". - Friedrich Hayek, "The Fatal Conceit", University of Chicago Press, USA, 1988.

• "Recent government interventions suggest that politicians and bureaucrats today think they can design just about anything. This ignorance has backfired, bringing with it what economists call 'unintended consequences'. It was the book's central theme that hubris makes us not only poorer but also less free". - Donald Boudreaux, and Todd Zywicki, "A Nobel Economists Caution About Government", referring to F. Hayek's book, Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2014.

Last week's column began this section with the simple statement that, "The wild times have begun". We related that to not only the Uranus-Pluto waxing square, but also the prelude to the start of Mercury retrogrades in air signs, a cosmic phenomenon that tends to happen about every seven years. You might remember that October 2007 was an all-time high in many world stock indices before they crashed into March 2009. You might remember the all-time high prior to that was in January-March 2000 before the collapse into October 2002-March 2003.These are subjects that will be discussed in more detail in the soon-to-be released "Forecast 2015 Book".

A time band of great interest and potentially spectacular market behavior (i.e. higher peaks, and/or lower valleys) starts up with the full moon on Friday, November 7, and lasts through November 26. This week and the following week could be explosive for fundamental reasons too. This week (Tuesday) will witness the mid-term USA elections, in which it is widely expected that Democrats will lose control of the Senate and Republicans will gain an even greater majority in the House. Such an outcome will virtually guarantee gridlock, which may be why the stock market is rising. Paralysis of federal government action may be viewed as a positive to the business climate, the idea being ". the less government interference in the private sector, the better". On Friday's full moon, the USA Labor Department releases its volatile monthly payroll and unemployment reports. It is expected that 275,000 new jobs will be added to payrolls.

The following week will find Mars conjunct Pluto and square to Uranus, November 10-12. One day later, November 13, the Sun will square Jupiter. All of these are Level One (strongest) geocosmic correlations to reversals in stock indices. Whenever Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus are all involved in aspects in a short amount of time, larger than usual price swings are often evident. Expect another impressive fireworks display in financial markets. It may also be relevant because Mercury pass 2 degrees of Scorpio then (November 10), which is where it begins its retrograde motion on October 4 (a weekend between the Silver and Gold former lows). This is known as "Ending the shadow period". November 5-6 may also be relevant because that is when Mercury returns to 25° Libra, which was the midpoint of the recent retrograde period, when stock indices ended their thumpin'. That also happened on September 22, which was midway between the USA and Japanese stock market recent highs. Now both nations bourses are exceeding that high as Mercury returns to that point for the third time, this week. That is midway between this week's election (November 4) and the Employment reports (November 7).

Of great interest to many will be the "Save Our Swiss Gold" vote on November 30. This is when Swiss citizens will vote on a referendum requiring the Swiss National Bank to hold at least 20% of its reserves in Gold. There is a further promise in this referendum that Switzerland can never sell that Gold and it must stay in the country (as opposed to Germany's Gold, much of which is supposedly in vaults in the USA, but for some reason, Germany cannot get it all back). If this vote passes, it will mean the Swiss will have a lot of Gold to buy in the next five years. I may be reading too much into this, but it seems to me that this could be a sort of payback to the USA strong-handed tactics, which forced the Swiss government to violate its centuries-old laws regarding banking customer confidentiality in an effort to stop tax evasion efforts in the USA. Swiss bankers were detained and threatened with jail terms if they were caught on USA soil if they didn't reveal the names of their American clients. Thus, the end of Swiss secrecy and confidentiality laws, at least for Americans. This didn't go over too well, as far as the idea of "How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies" goes. The Swiss referendum may, in the end, be much more costly to USA central banking interests.

By making Gold like a currency again (or at least making Gold a required backing to its currency), it could pose a threat to the other world central banks (like the Federal Reserve Board) whose only hope at maintaining world financial power may rest in its ability to convince the world that paper (fiat currency) is really king. It is only through the suspension of this belief that these banks can continue to expand credit (er, debt) that makes the world go round, but never, ever, will actually balance the books. In other words, governments and banks have to feed the world's populations the story line that deficit spending is good for the economy, and printing more and more currency will produce healthy economic growth. In reality, however, this has not worked and probably never will work again in our lifetime. Spending more and more money does have the potential to produce more revenue, but the world debt is currently so great that the increase spending ends up expanding the deficits at a greater rate than the revenues bring in. But no one wants to face this, except now, perhaps, Switzerland. The thing is, if Switzerland passes this referendum, it risks exposure that the Emperor (Central Banks) has no clothes. What if other nations, such as China, soon follow? If they do, it would eventually make fiat currency worth no more than the paper it is printed on.

This, too, could be part of the final, spectacular display of firepower witnessed in financial markets as the last two passages of Uranus-Pluto in waxing square begins to unfold. For now, however, the U.S. Dollar and the paper it is printed on is king. It seems historically the Dollar is always king when a Democrat is in the White House.. until it is not, as demonstrated in last two years of Forecast books.

~~Longer-Term Thoughts :~~

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

The two talks I presented at the ISAR 2014 conference last week are now available for purchase in the CD or MP3 format. They include slides from the power point show. These are both very timely talks, with information that should be useful for several months. Each topic is $35.00, plus postage, if ordering via the CD format.

The first talk is titled "America at the Crossroads: Will It Survive, Perish, or Transform ?" This presentation examines the charts of the United States, its transits and progressions, the USA president, his transits and progressions, and Congress. It explains the transformation taking place in the USA under the 2008-2015 Cardinal Climax, and where the nation is headed, pending choices taking place right now. "America is in trouble. It is in danger of losing its identity, perhaps many of its treasured liberties, based on over 200 years of being the most exceptional experiment in democracy and capitalism the world has ever known".

The second talk now available on CD or MP3 is titled " A Cyclical and Geocosmic Analysis of Gold and the USA Stock Market". Both Gold and the USA stock market make historical tops and lows at rhythmic cyclical points now in force. These major turning points also coincide with long-term planetary aspects. This presentation reviews these studies, their historical correlations to one another, and what they say about the future direction of each market. Contact MMA at 1-248-626-3034 or ordersmma@gmail.com for details or sign up.

What's Next ??? Now that the 2008-2015 Cardinal Climax will wind down in early 2015, what is the next great challenge awaiting humanity ?.

It is that time of the year again! MMA's 2015 Forecast Book is due out December 15. It will be available in both paper and electronic editions. The cost is $55.00 plus postage. There is no postage for the electronic book format.

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Upcoming Events :

January 16, 2015 : Zurich, Switzerland "Trends for 2015". This will part of a congress on Forecasts for 2015, including Claude Weiss, Monica Kissling. Alexandra Klingenhammer, Verena Bachmann, and Christoph-Schubert-Weller.

January 17, 2015 : Zurich, Switzerland. A special 5-hour workshop on "The Current Cyclical State of Financial Markets : Where Do We Go from Here ?"10:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Location will be the Congress House in Zurich. Sponsored by AstroData and MMA-Europe.
For further information, please go to there, or contact ASTRODATA AG, Tel. 41 (0) 43 343 33 66, or email. 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 !.

February 21, 2015 : Webinar by Raymond Merriman on "Preparing for the Post-Cardinal Climax - An Outlook of Financial Markets and World Economics". Cost is $45.00. Contact MMA at 1-248-626-3034 or ordersmma@gmail.com for details or sign up.

August 27-30, 2015 : "Preserving Wealth and Recognizing New Investment Opportunities". A special event and retreat for MMA subscribers only, at a destination to be revealed later. Attendance limited to 12 subscribers. Cost $4000. Contact MMA at 1-248-626-3034 or ordersmma@gmail.com for details or to sign up.

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.

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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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