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The first correction in almost two months has ended. Stock indices continued their 2-week plunge into Monday, November 16, and then reversed right back up by the end of last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for example, fell from a high of 17,977 on November 3, to a low of 17,210 on Monday, November 16. By Friday, they traded as high as 17,914 intraday. This is typical of market behavior after a long-term low has formed, and the low of August 24 at 15,370 still looks very much like a 4-year cycle trough.

It is worth noting that the market rallied strongly after the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, November 13, and the release of the FOMC meeting notes in October where Federal Reserve governors expressed a strong bias to raising the Fed's short-term rates as early as December. You would think that both events would lead to stock market sell-off. However, as you will see in this year's Forecast Book, the Fed may very well raise their short-term rates, but at the same time, they will be also ready to initiate new quantitative easing programs to ease rates longer-term, thus flattening the yield curve and supporting the housing market.

This also fits with the historical correlation between the movement of the Moon's North Node backward through the zodiac and the general USA economy. This correlation was first noted by Financial Astrologer Louise McWhirter in the late 1930's. The Nodal cycle postulates that the business (and housing) cycle bottoms when the North Node is in Aquarius and peaks 9 years later when it is in Leo. It bottomed in 2009, right on time as the lunar Node transited through Aquarius. It will enter Leo in 2017.

Speaking of the Moon's North Node… November 13, the day of the Paris terrorist attacks, the Moon's True North Node had just crossed 0º Libra and moved into Virgo. Transiting Mars had just moved out of Virgo and crossed into 0º Libra. Mars and the Moon's North Node, both crossing the world point of 0º cardinal signs, is a war-like indicator. France has declared war on ISIS now. Other nations will likely join in this war against ISIS, and this may represent the greater turning point from the Uranus/Pluto square to the new Saturn/Neptune square that will make its first of three official passages this week, Thursday, November 26.

In the meantime, last week also witnessed Gold falling to a new 5.5-year low as prices dropped to 1062 on Wednesday, November 18, as Neptune turned stationary direct and started a new time band of geocosmic signatures that will last through November 29. That low was also the day before heliocentric Mercury entered Sagittarius, November 19-30, a period that often coincides with sharp rallies in precious metals (although sometimes it also coincides with sharp declines). Silver also fell to a new multi-week low of 1399 that same day, but this is still above its 6-year low of 1391 on August 26, our last three-star geocosmic critical reversal date.

In the markets, Crude oil fell below 40.00 again, plunging to a low of 38.99 on Friday. All of this was in reaction to the stronger USA Dollar, which is again testing the 100 mark. It's multi-year high so far has been 100.39 on March 13, just 3 days before the seventh and final passage of the Uranus/Pluto waxing square. The Euro and other major world currencies are therefore challenging their multi-year lows made around that same time in mid-March.

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Short-Term Geocosmics :

Last week's column stated, "It has been a while since we have had a three-star geocosmic critical reversal date. The last one was August 26, +/- 3 trading days, which coincided with the end of the huge decline in most world stocks indices, the low in Silver, and the high in Currencies and Treasury Notes. The next three-star geocosmic critical reversal zone is coming up. In fact, its orb of influence starts this week with Neptune turning direct (November 18), and Venus making a T-square with the Uranus/Pluto square (November 20-23)".

This time band of important geocosmic signatures continues this week as the first passage of the 36-year Saturn/Neptune waning square occurs on November 26. It is just hours after the full Moon in early Gemini the evening before. This will be followed by the Sun's conjunction with Saturn, forming a square to Neptune, on November 29. These are powerful geocosmic signatures, especially given that they occur while heliocentric Mercury is in Sagittarius. And now, the Sun also enters Sagittarius (November 22-December 21), the sign of exaggeration and big ideas, and big price moves in financial markets.

It is a holiday week in the USA, and markets will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. This is really the start of the holiday season in America, and it will last through the rest of the year. The success or failure of the year depends on sales during this season for many retailers. Even though the volume on the U.S. stock market may be light this week, the geocosmic signatures are so strong that markets could still experience very sharp price moves that are associated with planets in Sagittarius.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

"Cato Institute budget analyst Chris Edwards calculated that the average federal employee earned $84,153 in 2014 - roughly 50% more than the average worker in the private economy. When you include benefits like health care and pensions, the average federal worker's compensation rises to $119,934 - nearly 80% higher than everyone else". - Mac Zimmerman, "The Sweet Gig of Being a Bureaucrat", Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2015.

This section of the column will resume after the completion of Forecast 2016, which is due December 1.

In the meantime, please visit the new MMA Cycles website at www.mmacycles.com. A special one-week sale to celebrate the launch of the new website has just begun and will end next week. Everything (including books, courses and subscription services) is discounted 10%. You will not see a sale like this again for another year.

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This year's printed version of Forecast 2016 will also available in four 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

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.
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 :

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 Southern California or Hawaii now (no Sedona). 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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