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"Federal Reserve officials explicitly said they might raise short-term interest rates in December. While the Fed kept rates steady after its two-day meeting this week, investors appeared to welcome a vote of confidence in the economy from the central bank". - Jon Helsenrath, "Fed Keeps December Hike in Play", Wall Street Journal. October 29, 2016.

On Monday, November 2, Venus will conjunct Mars and thus end one of the longest time bands of geocosmic signatures of this year that started on October 6. During that 4-week interval, there were 14 major aspects or planetary stations with no more than 6 calendar days between any two consecutive ones. When long time bands like this unfold containing so many geocosmic signatures, we note that many markets will make a cycle crest or trough followed by a reversal, but different markets will make that reversal at different times within the heavily populated time period. That phenomenon occurs even within the same type of market. For example, stocks have been up sharply since their lows of August 24. However, some equity markets topped out late last week, some topped out Monday of this week, and others continued making new cycle highs into Thursday and Friday last week. Now that the last aspect of this cluster will be completed on Monday, we would not be surprised if all world equity markets begins (or continue) a decline that represents a correction of the entire move up since late August.

The last two weeks have been notable in regards to central bank announcements that have stimulated further rallies in equity markets. During the week of October 19, the ECB (European Central Bank) hinted that it may initiate a new round of quantitative easing. This was followed by the Chinese Central Bank that it would reduce key interest rates. Both of these announcements were intended to boost growth, and in the case of Europe, to also push inflation higher. Stock indices in both regions rallied to two-month highs.

This past week, the Federal Reserve Board in the USA accomplished the same goal by deciding not to raise rates - yet. Again the stock market cheered as U.S. stocks continued making new cycle highs into early Friday, October 30. However, the U.S. and other world equity markets began to pull back as investors understood that the Fed left open the possibility that it might raise rates at its December meeting.

It appears that the long-awaited correction may be starting. Many analysts believe this will be more than just a correction, and that stocks will fall below those lows of August. I think that is highly unlikely based on cycle patterns. Yet the correction could be steep, if indeed it has started.

The suggestion that the Fed might raise rates in December had a much more chilling effect on currency values against the U.S. Dollar. The Euro, for instance, fell sharply on the announcement. Gold and Silver fell sharply too, right after Silver had posted a new cycle high of 16.37 on our October 28 critical reversal date. Gold fell short of making a new cycle high that day, only reaching 1183. By Friday, Silver as trading below 15.50 and Gold below 1140.

The strength in the Dollar, however, did not repress Crude oil prices. After bottoming at 42.58 on Tuesday, October 27, Crude Oil started a rally that so far has lifted prices over 10% during Friday's intraday trading.

On the weather front, the third and last passage of Saturn in sesquiquadrate to Uranus on Friday, October 23, coincided with major natural disasters. As stated last week, "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". On Monday, October 26, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped apart the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, destroying over 10,000 homes and killing nearly 390 people. That aspect now leaves, but the rescue and rebuilding efforts will take a long time to complete.

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Short-Term Geocosmics :

Venus and Mars will complete their three-part dance in late Virgo on Monday, November 2. In other words, this will be the third and final conjoining of these two passionate lovers that began when they first crossed paths in the passionate sign of Aries on February 22, reconnected a second time on September 1 in the romantic and fun-loving sign of Leo. And now they come together once again, before moving into the partnering marriage sign of Libra on November 8 and 12 respectively. It is as if all that fiery passion will settle down and start to build a long-term healthy and working relationship. It will work fine, as long as both parties remain loyal to one another. That may be a challenge, however, as Saturn will start its 10-month waning square aspect to Neptune. This represents a time when promises may be broken, betrayals occur behind the scenes, and trust turns to deception.

All of this is, of course, symbolic as to what is happening on the greater world stage between world leaders, and even those who belong to the same political party. Promises have been made in an effort to attract and keep. Will those promises of loyalty and affection be honored ? It depends upon the character of those involved in the promise. With Saturn involved in a mutable T-square between the Jupiter/Neptune opposition in late 2015 through mid-2016, I expect to see agreements and treaties broken, and along with that, the pain of betrayal.

In 2016, we will likely experience hypocrisy, deception, manipulation, and in the end, we will learn who can be trusted and who cannot. That is one of the important lessons of Saturn square Neptune : character, not showmanship, is what matters most.

In regards to financial markets, I would think the transit of Venus through Libra will support higher equity values, but not necessarily precious metal ones. Investors will be looking for new lovers, err.stock sectors to fall in love with, for the next 3-6 weeks, just in time for the Fed's next announcement in December.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

... Will resume after the forecast book is completed December 1.

In the meantime, please visit the new MMA Cycles website at www.mmacycles.com. As with the launch of most new websites, this one has experienced some issues during our first week (last week). The major issues regarding ordering services and products have now been worked out, and most minor ones are expected to be resolved by Wednesday, November 4, which is when we will began a special one-week sale to celebrate the new website. Everything will be discounted 10% for 8 days (November 4-12), in appreciation of your patience while we corrected these initial problems. In addition, we will extend the special on pre-ordering the Forecast 2016 Book to November 3, which was supposed to end today, October 30. We know some of you had difficulty completing orders for this book last week as we launched. Those issues have now been resolved, so please try again up to November 4, and we will still honor that special rate of $45.00. After that, we will still offer the pre-order of next year's Forecast Book at 10% off during our special 8-day sale.

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The special offer to get the best rate possible for Forecast 2016 will be extended from October 30 until Tuesday, November 3! MMA will continue to offer the special pre-publication discount rate for those who pre-order the next year's book before. The price of the Forecast 2016 Book will remain at $55.00 plus postage. However, if pre-ordered before Tuesday, November 3, 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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Russian : at http://www.mmafinance.ru

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 :

January10, 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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