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ECB Chief Mario Draghi said Thursday that "monetary policy accommodation will need to be re-examined at our December policy meeting". Tommy Stubbington and Christopher Whitteall, "Hopes for European Easing Lift Stocks", Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2015.

World equity markets were up sharply again last week on the hint that the ECB (European Central Bank) will initiate EU stimulus measures, like a new round of quantitative easing. It is the ECB's hope to avoid deflation and instead boost inflation and growth. Well, isn't that the hope of most central bankers today ? On Friday, China then announced a rate reduction that propelled a further global stock market rally. On these new monetary stimulus announcements, stocks soared and the Euro currency fell (as did the Chinese Yuan), which is right in line with the idea that stocks have begun a new 4-year cycle now (bullish) as of August 24-26, and the Euro has completed its primary cycle crest and is now headed to its primary cycle trough. We will discuss in more detail in this week's MMA Weekly Gold and Silver Report.

In accordance to the plunge in the Euro (and rise in the U.S. Dollar), the recent rally in Gold and Silver came to a halt. Now it becomes a contest between the new bearish pattern of the Euro and the recent bullish pattern of precious metals. It is hard to imagine Gold and Silver remaining bullish if the Dollar is also resuming its bull market, unless there is major turbulence approaching in the geopolitical realm of the world. Oh, wait a minute... how many wars are currently going on in Syria now ? How many nations are involved in these Syrian conflicts - and who are they ? How might this affect the distribution of Middle East Crude Oil in the next year, given that Saturn is about to begin its 36-year passages of a waning square to Neptune, which rules Crude Oil ? And who benefits from rising Crude Oil prices ? Saturn can represent a lack of supplies to market sectors ruled by any planet to which it makes a hard aspect.

On the weather front, we note that the third and last passage of Saturn in sesquiquadrate to Uranus took place on Friday, October 23. This is signature relates to acts of nature (or man) that can threaten parts of the earth. The last time it occurred, May 4, there was a devastating earthquake in Tibet in which many lives were lost. This time it correlates with Hurricane Patricia, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, packing winds up to 200 mph, on Mexico's Pacific coast.

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Short-Term Geocosmics :

Jupiter wins again.

From October 11 through October 25, there were (are) three major aspects involving Jupiter : Jupiter trine Pluto (October 11), Mars conjunct Jupiter (October 17), and Venus conjunct Jupiter (October 25). When stock markets are in the bullish phase of their cycles, triple digit gains are common if transits to Jupiter are present. That has been the case as of late. However, that ends now. Does that mean stocks will decline from here ? Not necessarily, or if they do, probably only temporarily. It is unlikely that the bullish phase of this new long-term cycle would end this quickly. Not with Venus soon to enter Libra, its ruling sign, November 8-December 4, and not with the holiday buying season beginning then as well. Venus in Libra is expected to be a positive for stocks, although not necessarily for Silver. In the meantime, there are no powerful geocosmic time bands of a major reversal of trend until late November. From the geocosmic perspective, it is "Let the good times roll". In other words, this a time to buy corrective declines, not try to pick tops, unless you are a seasoned short-term trader.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

"A congressional hearing is supposed to be a fact finding endeavor. This was a witch-hunt that could not be disguised. Would you believe, even for a minute, that the real purpose of the hearing was to get to the bottom of what happened on September 11, 2012, when terrorists overran a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya ? Or more importantly, to honor the memory of the four Americans who dies there?" EJ Montini, "Arizonans Tie Clinton to Stake and Light Torches", Arizona republic, October 23, 2015.

"Thanks to Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony on Thursday, we now understand why (she) never wanted anyone to see her emails and why the State Department sat on documents. Mrs. Clinton complained in her testimony. that past Congresses had never made the overseas deaths a 'partisan' issue. That's because those past deaths has never inspired an administration to concoct a wild excuse for their occurrence, in an apparent attempt to avoid blame for a terror attack in a presidential re-election year. Democrats on the committee spent most of the hearing complaining that it was a waste of time and money. Quite the opposite. It was invaluable, for the clarity provided by those three emails alone". Kimberley A. Strassel, "She Knew All Along", Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2015.

Hillary Clinton just got a very nice birthday present from the Congressional Committee on the Benghazi hearings. No one is responsible.

This is so Saturn square Neptune, the most important long-term planetary signature coming up over the next year. Saturn pertains to accountability and responsibility. Neptune is the opposite. It never happened the way you think it happened or for the reasons that you claimed. You are only imagining blame where none exists.

On the one hand, Saturn/Neptune can indicate a witch-hunt, where you are accused of something for which you are not guilty. On the other hand, it can be a complete denial of any responsibility for what happened, even though you were in charge, in the positon of accountability and responsibility. It all depends on which side of the argument you are positioned.

A look at Hillary Clinton's birth chart (born October 26, 1947) will reveal that she is now passing out of her biggest test. Saturn - planet of accountability, responsibility, and critical scrutiny for whatever you have done - is finally leaving her natal Jupiter (law cases) as well as all of her Scorpio planets that it has transited since 2012. She is free of Saturn, which means she is . free. She will not go to jail, as her accusers alleged she must. She will not be opposed for the Democratic Party's nomination by Vice-President Joe Biden, who ended all speculation this week that he would run against her for the office of presidency.

The only thing that remains for her to overcome now is trust, which is the very essence of the challenge for anyone under Saturn square Neptune. This is not her hurdle alone to overcome. It is also the hurdle of anyone who runs for any high profile public office in 2016, including the Republican nominee. The central issue for the 2016 election will be exactly that : whom do you trust the most ? Or perhaps for many voters, whom do you distrust the least ?.

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Only one week 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 :
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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.
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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.
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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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