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This year's printed version of Forecast 2016 will also available in five other languages, as follows :

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THE HARD COPY, ENGLISH EDITION OF FORECAST 2016, HAS SOLD OUT! There will not be a second printing. However, eBook copies may still be purchased. That's the beauty of this new electronic age and books. You never sell out of eBooks.

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World stock indices were mostly up last week, following their multi-month lows (or re-tests of multi-month lows) the prior week of February 11-12. Most started the week explosively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for instance, was up over 1000 points from its low of February 11 to its high in the first three trading days of last week. The Japanese Nikkei closed up over 1000 points from its yearly low of the previous week. The German DAX was up over 10% from its low of the prior week to its high of last week. Yet all of these strong rallies are but corrections, so far, in an ongoing bearish trend. This is still a concern, given the confluence of longer-term planetary cycles that will reach their zenith March-June, as described in last week's column.

Treasuries and currencies pulled back slightly last week, although both bounced back on Friday from their weekly lows. Gold and silver did the same. In the case of Gold, prices were down very sharply on Monday-Tuesday after reaching their yearly highs of Thursday, February 11. This was expected. Then they recovered nicely into Thursday, February 18, before turning quiet on Friday's option expirations.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

Heliocentric Mercury entered Sagittarius last week (February 15-26), and gold and silver prices plummeted, with stocks soaring. Gold fell from 1263.90 to 1191.50 quickly, whereas the DJIA was in the process of its 1000-point ascent from the low of February 11. As stated last week, "This is one of those combinations that often coincides with very large price movements, especially in precious metals and currencies. Sagittarius is the sign representing exaggeration. It knows no boundaries, or at least it respects no boundaries. It is driven to exceed any boundaries, which in financial markets are defined as support and resistance". That combination continues into the end of this week, so large price moves are still possible, especially given that Monday-Tuesday is a mutable full moon (the exact day depends on the time zone).

We have to be extra cautious with mutable signs now (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) because Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune are in mutable signs, moving towards a powerful T-square, March-June, as discussed in detail last week. I had announced that there would be a special interview to be uploaded on to our You Tube station, based on this incredible planetary line-up of March 23-June 29 with journalist/astrologer Antonia Langsdorf of Cologne, Germany. However, the interview experienced technical sound problems and we have rescheduled it for the first week in March. I will make an announcement when it is completed and uploaded for viewing.

In addition to the full moon this week, the Sun will also start its translation to the approaching Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T-square from February 29 through March 8. The Sun will conjoin Neptune on February 29, followed by its square to Saturn on March 6 and opposition to Jupiter on March 8. The Sun/Neptune and Sun/Jupiter aspects are Level 1 geocosmic signatures, as reported in The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing, Vol 3: Geocosmic Correlations to Trading Cycles. Level 1 signatures have the highest correlation to primary or greater cycles. This will overlap the March 4 USA Employment reports, which is expected to dictate whether the Fed will continue with its plan to raise short-term rates. Based on the principles of Jupiter exaggeration) and Neptune (irrational exuberance or hysteria), we look for huge price moves to result from that report.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge ; an argument an exchange of ignorance". - Robert Quillen, American Journalist, from the Arizona Republic, February 15.

"Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us make a decision without information". - John Erskine, American author and educator, from the Arizona Republic, February 18.

"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." Pope Francis, last week.

Mr. Trump called it "disgraceful" to have his faith questioned this way. He fired back that if the Vatican is attacked by Islamic State, the pope would have "wished and prayed" Mr. Trump had been President. - "The Pope and the Presbyterian", Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2016.

Last week offered a multitude of examples related to the central passage of both the Jupiter/Saturn square and Saturn/Neptune square. Jupiter and Neptune both relate to religion. So does the sign of Sagittarius, where Saturn (government) is posited for another 22 months. It is a classic conflict between state and religion, and one where various parties may "stick their foot (Pisces and Neptune) in their mouth", leading to misunderstandings and false accusations, and even embarrassment. The pope stuck his foot in his mouth. The Donald may have been born with a foot in his mouth and doesn't care.

That was not the only evidence of current events unfolding last week related to the giant cosmic picture being painted on the canvas of the night skies. Jupiter square Saturn also pertains to legal matters, court matters, matters of justice, and the challenges of trying to make decisions that are supported by the majority. Conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away last week, and a major battle is brewing between Republicans and Democrats over who should make the next proposed selection : President Obama or the next president. This is the manifestation of the square aspect. Two sides with very different positions, each accusing the other of "bad faith" (a good phrase for the downside of the Saturn/Neptune square).

It doesn't end there. An editorial in Friday's Wall Street Journal by columnist Kimberly A. Strassel ("Cruz on Ethics Defense") reports on a series of ethical questions regarding the actions of Presidential candidate Ted Cruz. "Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign on Thursday found itself in rough but increasingly familiar territory, trying to explain why it has photoshopped a fake image of Mario Rubio shaking Barack Obama's hand". It goes on to outline several other possible ethical violations, such as suggesting to voters in the Iowa caucus that Dr. Ben Carson was dropping out the race and urging Carson's supporters to vote for Cruz on the day of the caucus. Strassel writes, "His (Cruz) problem is that memes - right or wrong - have a way of attaching to, and then defining, campaigns". Character assassination and allegations of ethical violations are themes of Saturn square Neptune that can harm one's reputation.

Cruz is not the only one having to defend his character in this race. Hillary Clinton has garnered such negative marks for being "untrustworthy" that her opponent for the Democratic nomination - Bernie Sanders - keeps going momentum against her. If Bernie really wants to win (and it appears he does), all he has to do is convince and announce Senator Elizabeth Warren to be his running mate before the Super Tuesday elections in March. As a Virgo, he is at his strongest now, but that could change by June. Elizabeth Warren, on the other hand, has her natal Sun conjunct the USA Venus/Jupiter. She has as much support as Barack Obama with the populace of the United States. Obama has his natal Venus there.

It is an interesting election, one that is highly entertaining (up to this point) for most Americans. However, as we enter the March 23 - June 27 cosmic inferno involving the mutable T-square of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, it is apt to get much more serious. However, the insults, falsehoods, exaggerations, and embarrassments are not likely to recede. They are more likely to intensify. Do not be surprised if there is a third (or even fourth) party that enters the race before September.

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.

We are pleased to announce that the second MMA Investment Retreat will take place at the beautiful Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island in San Diego, California, March 10-13, 2017. One of our guest speakers will be Ted Lee Fisher, money manager, retired member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and a legend in Commodity Futures for his pioneering work on creating Treasury futures. He is one of the most profound thinkers I have met on the current situation in world financial markets - a brilliant man and savvy trader, who has also been an ordained Buddhist Monk, and for 40 years, a diligent practicing lay person. We will open up early registration for this event shortly. Stay tuned, and don't miss this powerfully enlightening event!

New interview! It seems like we are in demand for interviews lately, which is a good thing. It probably also illuminates the fact that the investment world is in a state of uncertainty right now, and given our accurate forecasts of late, and outlook for 2016, they want to know what we think, how we view the current state of affairs financially and politically. The highly regarded FXstreet.com just conducted an interview/review of Forecast 2016 Book by yours truly.
It is very good, discussing major political, economic, and financial market themes of 2016. To view please go to http://www.fxstreet.com/analysis/conversations-with-forex-experts/2016/02/18. It is in English here, but will soon be translated into Spanish. For our Spanish-speaking friends, FXstreet.com will be posting our free weekly column in Spanish shortly.

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 HAS SOLD OUT! There will not be a second printing. However, eBook copies may still be purchased. That is the beauty of this new electronic age and books. You never sell out of eBooks.

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 lately, catching the lows in metals, stocks, crude oil, soybeans, and currencies. 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 :

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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