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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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"The economy added a better-than-expected 242,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent. Economists were expecting 190,000 new positions and no change in the jobless figure. Despite the strong headline number, the closely watched average hourly wages actually declined for the month, falling 3 cents and equating to a 2.2 percent annualized jump, down from 2.5 percent in January. Fed policymakers are looking at wages for evidence of inflation".- Jeff Cox, "Job Creation Jumps in February, Obama Celebrates", CNBC, March 4, 2016.

The employment situation in the USA continues to be strong, even in the midst of worries that a recession is just around the corner. Still, no evidence of a major slowdown in spite of those Saturn/Neptune worries. It might be enough to enable the Fed to stay on track with their second modest rate increase later this month, when only a few days ago, most economists believed the Fed would not raise rates as planned, since the stock market was falling so hard January 1-February 12. Things change fast when a mutable T-square starts unfolding, which has been the case since August 2015.

After plunging to new yearly lows on January 20 or February 11, most world equity markets have now appreciated over 10% in the last three weeks. The most astounding of these recent rallies has occurred in Russia, where the MICEX has exploded to its highest level since June 20008, and Brazil, where the Bovespa has surged from a low of 37,112 on January 26, to 50,023 on Friday, March 4, a gain of nearly 35% in just five weeks.

Crude oil also soared to its highest price since January 6, which is a major reason why Russia's equity markets performed so well. Gold rallied to 1280.70 on Friday, its highest mark since February 3, 2015, and up over 22% since its 5-year low around 1045 occurred twice in December. Silver also shot up smartly to 1584 on Friday, March 4, But that was not a new monthly high, setting the stage for a case of intermarket bearish divergence to Gold in a geocosmic critical reversal zone.

Short-Term Geocosmics :

All this madness and excitement as both financial markets and political debates just explode, surpassing any kind of behavior that anyone expected at the beginning of the year. Yet, this is totally within the realm of cosmic dynamics. We are in the madness of a mutable T-square involving the exaggeration qualities of Jupiter, the fantasy nature of Neptune, and the worrisome character of Saturn. On top of that, the Sun now, Mercury next, and Venus after that, all come to conjoin Neptune in Pisces this month, adding gas to irrational exuberance that can quickly turn back to panic and hysteria. We will likely go back and forth between exuberance and hysteria/panic as this major aspect configuration peaks March-June 2016. With the ever-changing quality of mutable signs, it is highly unlikely that this path will remain in a straight up or down line for long. Think of it more like a see saw, a rubber band trying to decide what it wants to do. Or, like a Libra, who is constantly trying to determine whether or not he/she is really indecisive.

As stated in last week's column, "March begins with a bang, as the fiery Sun makes its translation to the approaching Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune mutable T-square. That wild combination... could also see world leaders and presidential candidates getting themselves into some very hot water. This powerful solar translation set up takes place February 28-March 8, and the idea is that world stock markets and many commodity markets will undergo a very sharp reversal... The Sun/Jupiter opposition (March 8) is one of those special reversal signatures all on its own, much like Venus retrograde and direct. It falls in the top five of the most reliable and powerful geocosmic reversal signatures, with a correlation of 75% to primary cycles within 10 trading days". So here we are, as both metals and equities are rising sharply into this geocosmic reversal zone. Will these and other markets reverse ? Well, that is the beauty (and unique value) of financial astrology as a market timing tool. Markets do reverse about 82% of the time when these geocosmic critical reversal zones are entered.

Last week's column also pointed out "...March 4-7 is important because Mars will leave Scorpio on March 5 through May 27, when it will retrograde back into Scorpio. Not only do the early degrees of Sagittarius correspond to challenges in gold prices, but also the entire period of Mars in Sagittarius and Capricorn represent a period when there is unusually increased danger, military confrontations and political crisis in the Middle East, especially surrounding Israel". I do not think any trader using these geocosmic timing methods can be disappointed with the Mars-in-Scorpio correlation to rising gold prices this time around. It worked uncannily well, rising from a low that was due within the 10 degrees before Mars entered Scorpio (the low of December 17), and topping out (so far) on the very last trading day of Mars in Scorpio. If you missed this trade, you missed the greatest rally in gold since 2013. MMA subscribers did not miss it.

Yet, as the saying goes, you are only as good as your last call. And we have major challenges ahead in all financial markets, March 23-June 27. Once again, we have scheduled an interview with German Journalist and Astrologer Antonia Langsdorf to take place this week, March 8 to discuss the incredible geocosmic lineup in force March 23-June 29, and their association with financial markets and world affairs. If there are no technical difficulties this time, we anticipate uploading this interview onto our YouTube station (Raymond Merriman) by next Friday, March 11. We will announce on our website when it is uploaded and ready for viewing.

Longer-Term Thoughts and mundane astrology :

"In an extraordinary display of Republican chaos, the party's most recent presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and John McCain, lambasted current front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him unfit for office and a danger for the nation and the GOP". - Steve Peoples and Brady Mccombs, "Romney, McCain: Trump a Danger for Future of U.S., Associated Press, March 4, 2016.

Trump then noted that Rubio had mocked his hands as small, widely viewed as an insult about Trump's sexual prowess. Holding his hands up to the audience, Trump declared, "I guarantee you, there is no problem in that area". - Nancy Benac and David Eggert, "Debate Night : Insults Flying Once More Despite Pledges", Associated Press, March 4, 2016.

You may not like the tone of the 2016 USA Presidential Election, but in typical Saturn/Neptune fashion, it has indeed reached the level of ... absurdity. On the positive side, everyone can probably sit back until November now and watch the most entertaining presidential election ever to unfold in the history of the United States. You have to hand it to the Gemini-born-under-a-lunar eclipse, Donald Trump : he has upended the political establishment of the USA in a way that no one has been able to do in a century. No one seems able to stop him.

How is this phenomenon seen within the context of geocosmic studies ? What will be the result ?.

Let us start with the idea that we have an unfolding mutable T-square between Jupiter (in Virgo), Saturn (in Sagittarius), and Neptune (in Pisces). The only mutable sign missing is Gemini, which just happens to be the sun sign of Mr. Trump and Marco Rubio ("Little Marco", as Trump refers to him in the debates now).

The nature of mutable signs is to be adaptable, flexible, and changeable. Any position taken under a mutable influence is subject to change, no matter how forceful one speaks to honoring that position. Thus, it is not surprising that the most common insult candidates of both parties hurl towards each is that the other candidate is a liar. Hillary Clinton is a liar regarding the use of her email server, and her handling of Benghazi. Ted Cruz is a liar, who is ethically challenged due to his underhanded tactics to win the nomination. Marco Rubio misses more votes than any other senator. Bernie Sanders could never deliver on the promises he makes to young people for their votes, so he is a liar too. And of course, Donald Trump is constantly being criticized for taking a position one day, and then the next day or later on, all the time denying he changed at all. He was misunderstood. But to a majority of people, he is liar and untrusted too. Saturn square Neptune is a time for liars to be heard, revealed, exposed - and then persecuted and shamed, unless there is a sense of humor in it, which allows us to just let it all go until November.

As stated repeatedly in this column and in the Forecast 2016 Book : under Saturn square Neptune in mutable signs, you cannot believe anything you hear or read. No one honors the truth or the facts. No one is responsible, and someone else is to blame for ... everything that ails us. It is a spectacle, something to be witnessed because this is unlikely to ever happen again in American politics. The next election in 2020 will find Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto in Capricorn, a much more serious combination than Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune in mutable signs.

Take comfort, America. You cannot change this dynamic. Everything is changing all around us. The rules (Saturn) do not apply anymore, which is not all that bad, unless your reality depends on the rules always working (like an extreme fixed sign personality). It is what you really wanted all along, America. The people are finally getting the power, as the ineffective political establishment is losing its power to the will of the people, just as the Uranus/Pluto square of 2012-2015 promised. And in typical Pluto fashion, the angst that was incubated during that period is now coming to the surface, It cannot be stopped. It will change every previously accepted notion that we thought worked in politics. The rules do not work this year, at least not until after early September. That is when we get serious again.

The political world has been upended. Just sit back and enjoy it until the November elections. Worry then. After all, Geminis can be the funniest and most entertaining sign of the zodiac. They can also be rude and crude. But can they really lead ? Can they really deliver on their promises ? We have until November to decide. By then, the mutable T-square will be lifted, and in its place, Jupiter will move into the peace-loving and agreeable sign of Libra, sextile to Saturn. Sanity is apt to return. In the meantime, let us enjoy this unique political entertainment while it lasts. And do not worry about size of your hands. Focus on the size of your heart and the largeness of your vision for a better world to come. It is Neptune in Pisces for another 10 years. Be inspired, or feel betrayed and victimized. Every decision you make is a choice between these two themes while Neptune is in Pisces.

To be continued (next week).

Announcements :

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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