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World equity markets were mostly up again last week as Mercury ended its retrograde period and resumed its direct motion. Many of these indices soared to their highest levels since August 18-19, just before the collapse into the long-term cycle lows of August 24-26, MMA's last three-star geocosmic critical reversal date. However, not all stock indices made new monthly highs. Some could not take out their highs of the prior week.

In the USA, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P futures rallied all week to their highest level since August 20. However, the NASDAQ Composite, which also rallied, could not exceed its high of September 17. That date remains important for two reasons: it was when the Fed surprised everyone by not raising its short-term interest rates, which created quite a controversy, and it was also the day that Mercury turned retrograde and Jupiter was in opposition to Neptune. Most world stock indices fell after that into September 29, with some declining even below their lows of August 24-26.

In Europe, other instances of intermarket divergence showed up with last week's rally. The Netherlands AEX rallied to a new monthly high. However, the German DAX, and London FTSE remained below their recent highs of October 9-12. The Zurich SMI also rallied, but not above its recent high on October 6. The Russian MICEX index, on the other hand, soared to its highest mark since March 6. Its recent move into Syria positions it to attain greater control of world oil reserves, and investors (and Donald Trump) see that as a longer-term investment opportunity for the Great Bear (and a lost opportunity for the USA).

Asia and the Pacific Rim countries also exhibited signs of intermarket divergence last week as Mercury ended its retrograde journey and the Sun ended its T-square translation to Uranus and Pluto. The Australian All Ords, China's Shanghai, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, and India's Nifty indices all rallied to their highest levels since August 19-21. Only the Japanese Nikkei lagged, after falling hard to a primary cycle below 17,000 on September 29, the exact midpoint of the recent Mercury retrograde time band. We have seen that pattern before. In fact, we saw it one year ago when many world indices ended sharp declines on or around October 15, 2014, again on a Mercury retrograde midpoint that was followed by huge rallies around the world. That may be the case again here, as these primary cycles are in their early stages. Early stages are almost always bullish.

Precious metals also had a very good week, with both Gold and Silver breaking out their highest prices since the summer solstice June 21-23 (the solstice was Sunday, June 21, the highs were the next two days). However, there is a difference between equities and metals now. The latter are not in their early stages. Still, Gold broke out above important resistance last week, which led us to issue a special alert to subscribers on the evening of October 14.

All in all, it was an active week for financial markets. We may see more of this activity this coming week.

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Short-Term Geocosmics :

This week finds the financial markets right in the middle of a long time band of geocosmic signatures. This time band began October 6 and lasts through November 2. Thus, one can see the middle is October 19-20, or Monday-Tuesday.

There are a couple groupings of planetary signatures that are related to one another in this period. First of all, we note that from October 11 through October 17, Mars was conjunct Jupiter in Virgo, and both were in a trine aspect to Pluto. Last Friday, the last trading day before this combination unfolded, Crude Oil rose to 50.92, its highest level since July 24. Prices then fall to 45.23 on Thursday, October 15, near the end of this time band. Crude Oil is ruled by Jupiter (and co-ruled by Neptune). Now Venus is readying to make the same aspects. That is, from October 23 through October 25, Venus will conjunct Jupiter and both will form a favorable trine aspect to Pluto. Crude Oil could make another turn.

The influence of Venus will extend beyond those three days, through November 2, when it will conjoin with Mars. In financial markets, Venus pertains to grains like Soybeans (especially in Virgo), currencies, as well as stocks. Therefore this entire period, October 23 through November 2, could find important turns in each of these markets.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

"Though prices on paper may have dropped, the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries is rising, and their quality of life is falling. Social Security recipients have lost nearly a fourth of their buying power over the last 15 years according to the Senior Citizens League.... For just the third time in four decades, Social Security recipients won't get an annual cost-of-living adjustment". Robert Powell, "No Benefit Boost for Seniors", USA Today, October 16, 2015.

"... many people ... increasingly blame them (Feds) for prolonging the Great Recession and slow pace of the recovery. But in a study released Thursday for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, we found the reverse to be true : These extraordinary policies ended the crisis and jump-started an economic recovery that is stronger in the U.S. than in most countries... One lesson from the financial crisis is that, however distasteful, stabilizing the financial system (i.e. banks) is a critical first step towards stabilizing the economy. If households and businesses cannot get credit, the economy will suffocate... Yes, QE (Quantitative Easing) has possible negative side effects, but for the most part, they have yet to materialize". Alan S. Binder and Mark Zandi, "Don't Look Back In Anger at Bailouts and Stimulus", Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2015.

As interesting and important as these Jupiter and Venus aspects are that are unfolding through November 2, none has the history of powerful changes in society, financial markets, or mundane affairs as to what looms ahead in the last half of November 2015. That is when the Sun conjoins Saturn, and both form a powerful waning square to Neptune.

The 36-year Saturn/Neptune waning square, which last occurred in 1979-1980, will unfold in three passages, and will endure into September 2016. The orb of influence of this major cosmic event is already in force, for its themes begin to be experienced 9 months before the first passage on November 26, 2015, and can last up to 9 months after the last passage in September 2016.

The dynamics of Saturn and Neptune, and the square aspect, will dominate the USA 2016 Presidential Election. It will likely also coincide with the struggles of decision-making within the Federal Reserve Board regarding changes of interest rate policies during an election year. Given that Saturn is now in Sagittarius, and will either conjoin or oppose five of the ten planets in the Federal Reserve Board in January 2016- January 2018, it seems highly unlikely that the American public will be as kind in its analysis of the banking industry as Binder and Zander are.

The populace may not be as kind to political leaders either. The election of 2016 will have many similarities in terms of substantial economic interests to the American people as the election of 1980 did, which was the last time Saturn and Neptune were in the same hard aspect. Saturn rules seniors, the elderly. Neptune rules social programs and safety nets created for the elderly, poor, and others in need of governmental or humanitarian assistance. As the Federal Reserve Board embarked upon its ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) in 2010, savers have been severely harmed by these changes, a concept introduced in this column back then and since picked up by major news agencies and politicians (you would be surprised to know who reads these columns). To suggest that "Yes, QE has possible negative side effects, but for the most part, they have yet to materialize", is baffling, especially to those who are seniors or savers. But then again, that is another characteristic of Neptune in a hard aspect : out of touch with reality, but very in touch with political spin.

Announcements :

Only two weeks to go to get for the best rate possible, it's that time of the year again! As in the past, MMA offers a special pre-publication discount rate for those who pre-order the next year's book before October 31, 2015, and that discount period starts now. The price of the Forecast 2016 Book will remain at $55.00 plus postage. However, if pre-ordered before October 30, the cost is $45.00 plus postage. This year's 2016 Forecast Book will be available in both paper and electronic editions. There is no postage for the electronic book format.

Additionally, all pre-order purchases qualify for a 10% discount on any 1-year MMA financial markets subscription service! This includes the MMA Cycles Report, the MMA Weekly, and/or the MMA Daily reports, which provide specific analysis and recommendations to several financial markets, including the DJIA, S&P, NASDAQ, Gold, Silver, Treasuries, Currencies, Crude Oil, and Soybeans. This is an exceptional time to subscribe to any of these reports, which have been exceptionally profitable in 2015.

MMA's annual Forecasts Book, written by Raymond A. Merriman since 1976, is one of the most unique, affordable, and accurate glimpses into the coming year. Utilizing the study of cycles and geocosmic factors, this annual Forecasts book outlines forthcoming trends pertaining to political, economic, and financial markets throughout the world. No other book has informed and prepared readers for the Cardinal Climax period of 2008-2015 as precisely as Raymond Merriman's annual Forecast book. No other book has guided readers through this turbulent period since it began in 2008. But now, in 2016, we enter a different kind of period for the next two years that will require new strategies and a different set of skills to navigate these forces of change. This is a book, with an impressive background for insightful accuracy into world economic and financial market conditions that you will not want to miss! For further information, go to www.mmacycles.com and click the banner. ORDER NOW AND SAVE BIG BUCKS!!!

This year's printed version of Forecast 2016 will also available in five other languages, as follows :
Dutch : at www.markettiming.nl
German : at http://www.mma-europe.ch
Japanese : at http://merriman.jp
Russian : at http://www.mmafinance.ru
Italian : www.market-timing.it

Forecast 2015 was perhaps the most accurate year for the annual Forecast Book ever. We expect the accuracy to increase even more in 2016-2018 because the geocosmic patterns that will be preset have such a high correlation to long cycles in human activity, including war and drought. You can view MMA's Forecast for 2015 Scorecard at www.mmacycles.com. Scroll down to the bottom of the first page. As you will see, it was indeed a very good year.

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...

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 :

February or March 2016 : Raymond Merriman webinar on the outlook for financial markets, world economies, and possibly a look at the USA 2016 Presidential Election candidates. The exact date will be announced in about a month. The cost to participate will be $45.

March 10-13, 2017 : Second MMA Investment Retreat, tentatively planned for Sedona, AZ. Details soon.

October 13-17, 2016 : ISAR 2016 - "The Power of Forecasting Meets the Consequence of Choice". Costa Mesa, California (near LA). The climax will be a panel of expert Mundane Astrologers giving their Forecast of the USA 2016 Presidential Election. An "Application to Speak" process is currently underway. More details at www.isarastrology.com, and via the ISAR ezine that is sent out to all members of the organization. This event will include tracks on Mundane and Financial Astrology as Forecasting Tools, plus others on Psychological Shifts in Life, Timing of Spiritual Transformations, and Timing of Significant Relationships.

The MMA Catalogue of products and services for 2015 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.

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.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the addition of Egon von Greyerz to MMA Investment Retreat faculty of presenters. I met Egon last week in Girona, Spain, at a special gathering attended by MMTA Graduates Nitin Bhandari (India), Philipp Beyer (Germany), Henry Canciglia (USA) and myself. Egon is an expert on Gold. He owns Matterhorn Asset Management, a Swiss Asset Management company specializing in wealth preservation, located in Zurich ( www.goldswitzerland.com). He was also the person who initiated the "Save Our Swiss Gold" Act in Switzerland late last year, which would have required the Swiss National Bank to back up their assets with 20% Gold holdings. The initiative failed, but his reasons for initiating this effort are still valid. Egon is very interested in MMA cycles' work, and will share his outlook on Gold and the world debt. This is a real treat!

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.

The new book titled Solar-Lunar Keys to Gold Prices : Secrets of a Gold Trader , is now out. The long awaited sequel to the Secrets of a Silver Trader is due out in late October (maybe before)!!!
Now, GOLD as you have never seen it by night or day. The studies for the soon-to-be-released book are now completed and the results are now being used in the weekly and daily MMA subscription reports for short-term trading strategies in Gold. That's right... historically tested Solar-Lunar Correlations to trading reversals in the Gold Market - as only available from Raymond Merriman. The studies cover over 40 years of daily Gold, starting from December 31, 1974 through April 2015. The book will change how you approach trading Gold using these leading solar-lunar indicators, with very clear instructions as to "when" to expect 3%, 4%, or greater reversals in Gold prices and how to trade them. It will be a valuable guide for short-term traders of Gold, GLD, and other ETF's involving Gold prices. You may call 1-248-626-3034 or email ordersmma@gmail.com and place your pre-order now. It is also now available for purchase on the MMA web site at www.mmacycles.com. Order now and get the first printing of this new book on trading Gold!

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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