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And, they (Germans) worry about what a President Trump would mean to Europe. They are worried that America will elect Trump. More worried than what America would be like under a President Hillary Clinton. This was the question they asked of me: "Who will win the election" I answered, "Based on the selection of running mates, it is a choice between candidates whose birthdates (Sun position of Clinton and Kaine) make a grand trine to the USA Venus/Jupiter, versus candidates whose Suns make a conjunction to the USA Mars, square Neptune (Trump and Pence). My belief is that the USA will choose Venus/Jupiter over Mars, and probably in a landslide". MMA Free Weekly Column, August 15, 2016, recounting meetings with Europeans during my month-long tour of Europe July-August.

What a week we had in Costa Mesa, California at the ISAR 2016 Symposium on "The Power of Forecasting Meets the Consequence of Choice!" Not only was it great fun, but it was also very informative. I emceed the two panels on the USA Presidential Election, consisting of six international astrologers and six USA astrologers whose work complimented my own forecast made two months ago. All twelve picked Hillary Clinton to win, but based on different astrological factors.

However, of interest to those reading this column is what affect a Clinton presidency (or Trump presidency, if our forecasts are wrong) would have upon the USA and world economy and financial markets. We will address this matter in future issues, and certainly, in depth in the Forecast 2017 Book, to be released in about six weeks. Now that the ISAR event is over, I will be dedicating my full attention on the completion of that book. This is my favorite time of the year in terms of intellectual awakening, for this is when I review the history of various financial markets, and political-mundane cycles, correlated with planetary cycles. It is when I review the long-term cycles that will unfold in the next year, even next five years, and reset my own ideas on where we are, and where we are headed, with an emphasis upon how these trends will affect financial markets around the world.

The reset in my own vision is not the only reason why 2017 is important to me. I believe there will also be an important reset in world currencies, and hence other financial markets of the world, starting within the next two years.

During the week that I was gone, there were some notable developments in financial markets. Some stock indices, like the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell below their recent major cycle troughs of September 12-16. The DJIA, for instance, fell to 17,959, below the prior low of 17,992. The S&P and NASDAQ did not take out their lows of September 12-16. In fact, the NASDAQ futures made a new all-time high on October 10, for a case of intermarket bearish divergence. This increases the probability that the August 15 and 23 all-time highs in the DJIA and S&P may hold for some time. On the other hand, the decline that ended October 13, within two days of the full moon (October 15 evening), was a scenario that was discussed previously. It could become a case of intermarket bullish divergence, but as it is with a lesser cycle culmination, it may not be as important as the signal from the longer-term cycle highs of August.

The lows of October 7 have held in Gold and Silver, at 1243.20 and 17.11 respectively. Gold re-tested that low when it fell to 1246.30 on Friday, October 14, the last trading day before the full moon.

In other markets, crude oil soared to a high of 51.60 on October 10, its highest level since early June, and it still trades back and forth around 50.00. The Euro currency fell below 1.1000 for the first time since July. Treasuries also fell to new cycle lows - its lowest level since June 1 - as investors prepare for the Fed to raise rates, probably by December.

Short-Term Geocosmics & longer-term THOUGHTS :

Our focus is now upon the approaching translation of Mars to Uranus and Pluto. Mars will make a conjunction to Pluto and square to Uranus, October 19-28 . As stated before, "It may get very wild. If markets turn down, they could do so heavily".

What makes this an especially critical time is the fact that Mars will also make a T-square with important planets in the chart of the New York Stock Exchange (May 17, 1792, known as the "Buttonwood chart). In that NYSE chart, the Moon/Saturn conjunction in 20-26° Aries is in opposition to the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in 22-27° Libra. Mars will transit between 20-27° Capricorn, squaring both sets of planets, between October 22 and November 4. This overlaps the Mars translation to Uranus and Pluto, October 22-28.

Could the USA stock market suffer a serious decline then? Yes, it is possible, just before the election. However, these signatures pertain to reversals , and hence it is likely to be either the end of a sharp decline , or the end of a rally from which stocks then decline sharply. We do not really know until we get there. But once we are there, and it becomes evident that it is a low or a high, we can plan a strategy to trade in the opposite direction. That is how it works, about 80-85% of the time, which is why traders love financial astrology when applied correctly to financial markets. It gives them that extra edge that is not available through any other form of market timing.

LONGER-TERM THOUGHTS AND MUNDANE ASTROLOGY :

We will resume this part of the column next week.

To be continued (next week).

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Our monthly MMA Cycles : The monthly edition of the MMA International Cycles Report (ICR) 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.

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This year's printed version of Forecast 2017 will also available in these languages:
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You can view MMA's Forecast for 2016 Scorecard at www.mmacycles.com. Click on NEWS AND EVENTS. Scroll down to the "Scorecard". As you will see, it was indeed a very good year.

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...

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Upcoming Events :

January 13, 2017 : "Trends for 2017 !" Astrodata, Zurich, Switzerland. This will be part of a congress on Forecasts for 2017, including Claude Weiss, Monica Kissling. Alexandra Klingenhammer, Verena Bachmann, and Christoph-Schubert-Weller. For further information on this exciting event, please go to www.mma-europe.ch, or call AstroData at 41 (0) 43 343 33 66, or email at info@mma-europe.ch.

March 9-13, 2017 : The second MMA Investment Retreat will take place at the beautiful Kona Kai Resort on Shelter Island in San Diego, California, March 9-13, 2017, located right on the Pacific Ocean. You will be hearing more about this spectacular retreat soon, but save the dates now. 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. Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management in Zurich, Switzerland, an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles, will also be a guest speaker. Matterhorn has clients in over 40 countries and Gold vaults in Zurich, the Swiss Alps, Singapore and Hong Kong. Egon was one of the individuals behind the "Save Our Swiss Gold" referendum in Switzerland in 2015. Also present will be some of the brightest minds from the MMTA (Merriman Market Timing Academy) who will present their latest research on the best investment ideas of 2017-2018. Go there for early-bird registration (before June 21, 2015), and do not miss this powerfully enlightening event !. Save the dates! It will be special. Cost is $4000 ($3300 if reserved by July 1, 2016, $3600 if reserved by October 15). Details now available on the MMA website.

June 3-4, 2017 : It is on! Trinity College at Oxford University ! Two-day workshop on MMA Financial Market Timing in Oxford, England. Cost is 995 £. More details will be coming 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)!!!
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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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