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USA stock market will be closed Monday in honor of Martin Luther King holiday. However, we will issue the monthly MMA Cycles Report Monday, in time for analysis of this stock market decline before the next trading day on Tuesday.

The stock markets of the world tried to rally last week. They huffed and they puffed, but in the end they just ran out of energy and started to collapse.

The New Year is not off to good start. In fact, it may be the worst start ever of a New Year in many world stock indices. Instead or irrational exuberance that had previously been so evident under a slew of Jupiter and Neptune signatures, investor of world equity markets are clearly starting to panic. It is the flip side of the Mutable T-square between Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune that first came to light at the end of last summer, and will be lurking in the shadows of financial markets and political election campaigns for most of 2016. Legacies (Saturn with Neptune) are at stake here.

Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started out well. Following the Venus/Saturn conjunction of Friday, January 8, the DJIA began to rise. The index was up 52 points on Monday, January 11, and another 117 points on Tuesday. On Wednesday, however, the market crashed down 365 points. But then stocks bounced right back on Thursday, closing up 227 points. Investors were beginning to think the worst was over. After all, the market was up three of the first 4 days last week, following Venus conjunct Saturn, which is usually a time for stocks to rally if they had been down. It was happening as the separation from this aspect was occurring.

However, this was also happening under Mercury retrograde, and with the Trickster in his full regalia, the worst was yet to come. On Friday, the DJIA fell nearly 400 points, closing the week under 16,000 for the first time since February 2014. The dreams of Neptune went up in Saturn smoke. Reality struck. Fears of an ominous future began to appear, for isn't that what Saturn in a hard aspect to Neptune often does ? It can coincide with fears, and when Jupiter is also involved (as it is part of an ongoing Mutable T-square with Saturn and Neptune in 2015-2016), those fears can become larger than life, which is to say, they are exaggerated. But tell that to someone heavily invested in stocks today, who is probably wondering : "What do I do now?" Neptune also pertains to confusion and uncertainty. Wasn't it just one week ago that the USA employment report was much better than expected ? And wasn't it just a couple of days ago that the President spoke on TV that "Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction"? Who are you going to trust ? What you see and hear ? Or what your inner voice tells you is really real ?.

The bankers tell us that the stock market is falling because energy prices are falling. We need higher energy (gasoline) prices. Really ? They claim that energy companies are going out of business and that tens of thousands of people will lose jobs and unemployment will rise. Really ? Didn't the jobs numbers show hundreds of thousands of people getting new jobs - in fields outside of energy ? Who are you going to believe under Saturn square Neptune ? What you see on TV, read online, or in the papers from people who have a stake in what they peddle ? Or your own common sense ? Crude oil fell to a new 12-year low on Friday as it plummeted to 29.13. It is actually starting to look attractive, for Neptune rules crude oil and I expect a long-term cycle low to form this year, as discussed in detail in last weekend's webinar.

The stock market is falling and precious metals have started coming back. In our Forecast 2016 webinar last Sunday, I discussed the solar/lunar cycles for Gold. I stated that if you missed getting in on this recent rise in Gold, you would have another chance with a pullback to a low that was due into January 13-14, (Wednesday-Thursday), based on the studies presented in the recently published book Solar/Lunar Keys to Gold Prices (www.mmacycles.com). Sure enough, prices fell from a high of 1113 on Thursday, January 7, to a low of 1071.10 on Thursday, January 14. On Friday, Gold was up $15.00, testing 1100 again intraday. Let's see if that continues with Mars in Scorpio, when a top is due, as also discussed in that webinar.

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Short-Term Geocosmics :

Mercury is right in the middle of its retrograde motion now (January 5-25). If the stock market is going to stage a rally, this is a good time to start - right when everyone is jumping off the ship. It will be interesting to see which dominates : the reversal of mid-Mercury retrograde or the fear of Saturn square Neptune, which means that people believe the ship is headed straight for the iceberg and this Titanic cannot be turned around in time to avert a disaster. We do note, however, that the S&P cash index took our the low of August 24 and the DJIA is still 600 points higher. The middle of Mercury retrograde as a turning point is not to be ignored just yet.

There is not a lot happening in the cosmos next week following Monday's square of Venus and Jupiter, as well as the trine aspect between Mars and Neptune. On Wednesday, the Sun will enter Aquarius, which rules technology stocks. On Saturday, January 23, Venus enters Capricorn on the same day as the full moon. The following Monday, January 25, Mercury will turn direct in mid-Capricorn, conjunct Pluto. We can anticipate some deep but questionable investigative news reporting. Mercury is information. With Pluto, Mercury relates to research and undercover work designed to cause an eruption, like a volcano that has been suddenly activated.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

In a scathing response to President Obama's State of the Union Address, House Speaker Paul Ryan told USA TODAY on Wednesday that the speech's political tone.... "degrades the presidency".... The President blasted as un-American and wrongheaded those who are "promising to restore past glory if we just get some group or idea that was threatening America under control". Susan Page, "State of the Union Degrades the Presidency, Ryan Says", USA Today, January 14, 2016.

We are advancing the instruments of direct democracy... and will continue to do so. There can be no identical clichés in democracy - be it American, European (German), Russian or Indian. Do you know that twice in American history the President was elected by the majority of delegates representing the minority of voters ? Does it mean the absence of democracy ? Of course not. But it is not the only or the most important problem. One of the European leaders once told me : "In the United States it is impossible to run for presidency without a few billion dollars in your pocket".... Despite a very hard period in the 1990s-early 2000s, when we were fighting terrorism in Russia, we abolished the death penalty. And there is no death penalty in Russia at present. There are certain countries that use the death penalty - Saudi Arabia, the United States and some others (Putin responding to the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran) - Vladimir Putin, interview with German Newspaper Bild, January 12, 2016, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51155.

Just in case you were wondering, Saturn square Neptune is extremely active in its manifestation of the themes and tone in today's world. This 36-year waning square cycle is in its central time band from November 2015 through September 2016, and its themes and tone will be evident for about nine months before through nine months after these periods. Thus, everyone is experiencing both the positive hopes and the difficult but realistic challenges of this hard aspect. Hard aspects do not mean things are inevitably bad. They are just harder to make right. And that challenge becomes even greater if world leaders fail to rise to the occasion. The path of least resistance is to fall to lower emotional expressions of this combination.

At its best, the successful integration of the Saturn and Neptune dynamic represents virtue expressed in its most universally accepted manner. Saturn is honor and honesty, the urge to play by the rules (sometimes one has to make up those rules). Neptune is the quest to "do the right thing", or at least appear to be doing the right thing, the noble thing. It is the desire to forge peace agreements, create an environment that is safe for everyone, and to penalize or imprison those who violate laws or cause harm to others. It is also the urge to find practical ways to solve difficult problems. It is the path that the populace wants their leaders to follow.

However, the square aspect is a hard aspect. It is not easy to avoid the pitfalls of Saturn square Neptune, which can be the temptation to blame others for things that have gone wrong when you are in charge. It can be very manipulative, an effort to frame a situation in such a way that makes one look like a saint, while victimizing one's opponents as the problem - as the cause for things that have not gone right.

The key challenge, and the key to successfully navigating under Saturn square Neptune, is contained in one word : trust. Those who are trustworthy will excel under this aspect, even if others try to undermine their character (and they will). Under this aspect, one is tempted to betray, sabotage, and undermine others in order to escape detection of their own bad choices and behaviors, if they have acted in a deceptive manner. In the understanding of geocosmic principles, it is all about choices, and those choices will either lead you to be trusted or distrusted under Saturn square Neptune. Choose poorly and suffer. Choose well and survive.

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

The recording of Raymond Merriman's "Forecast 2016" speech given last Sunday, January 10, is now available for download via an MP4 recording. It is not difficult to download this event. It is a little over two hours long, and covered the outlook for interest rates, real estate market, grains and foods, gold, silver, the USA stock market, crude oil, and the U.S. Dollar. The cost is $45.00. In typical Mercury retrograde fashion, there was a slight disruption in this webinar, caused by a sudden ice storm that interrupted the internet transmission for slightly less than 5 minutes. A transcript of that section of the speech, along with the power point slides that were used, are included with your order of the MP4. Get ready for 2016! ORDER NOW AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN THIS WEBINAR. Call MMA at 1-248-626-3034, or email ordersmma@msn.com. Or, go to the www.mmacycles.com website to make your reservation.

"I have followed your forecasts closely for many years, and always order your Forecast Book. They are always quite brilliant, but each year seems to exceed the previous one. This one is a complete masterpiece. You keep the bar on our subject very, very high, and for that I respect your work enormously and thank you too. The Forecast Books are so detailed it is like publishing an entire book every year, on top of everything else you do. I just had to write and say how delighted I am that I came across your work all those years ago. You can never stop writing these Forecast Books of course; the deal is that you have to go on forever! You give mankind such a service with these. I always follow your wise judgements week by week too. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" P.G. author, UK.

Raymond Merriman was interviewed this past week on Radio Nikkei in Tokyo. The interview, titled "MERRIMAN FORECASTS", will be aired on Dec 23, 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM. The program contains a part of the interview. Its full version one is going to be contained on Compact Disc released on Dec 25th, exactly the same day of "FORECAST 2016" book is released in Japan. RADIO NIKKEI has a special web site for "MERRIMAN FORECASTS" program, at http://market.radionikkei.jp/merriman. People can purchase the Japanese edition of the Forecast 2016 Book and CD on that web site. They can also listen to our 30 min. program via podcast after the on-air interview of December 23. An English translation of this interview will be posted under the NEWS section of MMA's own website at www.mmacycles.com.

Check out The Mountain Astrologer, the Dec/Jan 2016 edition that just came out. It features a two-part interview with Raymond Merriman on Financial and Mundane Astrology, the economy, financial markets, and the state of the world astrology community. For information on subscribing to America's top astrological magazine and getting your copy of this and the next issue's interview with Ray Merriman, conducted by Editor Tem Terriktar, call TMA at 530-477-8839, 800-287-4828, or their website at www.mountainastrologer.com.

MMA's annual Forecast Book, written by Raymond A. Merriman since 1976, is now completed and will be ready for distribution on December 15. This book is one of the most unique, affordable, and accurate glimpses into the coming year. Utilizing the study of cycles and geocosmic factors, this annual Forecast 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! The perfect holiday gift for your family, friends, favorite broker, or financial advisor. For further information, go to www.mmacycles.com and click the banner. ORDER NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE YOUR COPY BY CHRISTMAS !!! This book makes an excellent gift for the holiday season.

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

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 will come out this week, Monday and Tuesday, via posting on our web site, or attachment via direct emails, for subscribers.

- 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 :

April 14-18, 2016 : Saturn Square Neptune : What It Means for the World and for You Personally ; Great Lakes Astrology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. For further information, contact 1-734-434-0804, info@greatlakesstrology.com.

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.

March 10-13, 2017 : Second MMA Investment Retreat, tentatively planned for Southern California or Hawaii now (no Sedona). Details soon.

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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